Trangender rights bill passes NY Assembly, faces uphill battle
The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act quietly passed throught the New York Assembly on Tuesday with at 91-40 vote. This is the third consecutive year the Assembly passed the bill that protects transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing and employment.
The bill now faces a series of hurdles in the Senate, …
DC City Council votes to legalize gay marriage
(Washington) After suffering setbacks from California to New York, Maine to New Jersey, same-sex marriage supporters got a victory Tuesday with the City Council’s vote to legalize gay marriage in the District of Columbia.
Gay couples could begin tying the knot in the district as early as March. The only hurdles …