tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post2713585202755259813..comments2023-09-24T16:20:50.493-04:00Comments on Call Me Meg: Why We Need ENDACallMeMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184763491635476887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-48662550669081372262014-08-12T12:17:46.480-04:002014-08-12T12:17:46.480-04:00The proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (EN...The proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) does not cover public accommodation, it only covers workplace discrimination. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII covers workplace discrimination based on sex discrimination which the courts and the EEOC have ruled also protect gender identity in the workplace. Title IX covers sex discrimination in education and both the Department of Education and the Department of Justice have ruled that we are covered because discrimination based on gender identity is sex discrimination. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination based on sex and HUD has also ruled that we are protected in any HUD financed housing.<br /><br />However, there are no federal laws or proposed legislation that would cover us in public accommodation, currently only seventeen states, and the District of Columbia has protection for us in public accommodation. Massachusetts, the seventeen states, and the District of Columbia protect us in employment, and housing.Diana_CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223056441901730531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-1561136093112597612014-08-12T10:40:59.499-04:002014-08-12T10:40:59.499-04:00ENDA doesn't cover that. It only covers employ...ENDA doesn't cover that. It only covers employment, as presently written. It needs to be rewritten to cover public accommodations and housing, and have the religious exemption deleted. Crossdriving, with Annie Barchettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841206220467540120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-90621064823253933662014-08-12T09:58:31.967-04:002014-08-12T09:58:31.967-04:00Meg. What legal theory, or what clause in your lea...Meg. What legal theory, or what clause in your lease, would allow them to terminate your lease at will? Generally you're entitled to quiet enjoyment, a legal term loosely meaning to be left alone to live in peace.<br /><br />Gotta know.<br /><br />RhondaRhonda Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880722627262140271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-59430030409229384842014-08-12T09:41:23.903-04:002014-08-12T09:41:23.903-04:00Oh Brave New World where one can consider someone ...Oh Brave New World where one can consider someone rejecting male trappings a nuisance solved simply by saying "We don't like you... Be Gone!"<br /><br />I wonder if they can do the same with wife beaters? <br />Grrr!Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.com