Equality Act, which passed February in the U.S. House of Representatives and awaits a Senate vote, would expand nationwide protections for LGBTQ+ people in employment and housing, and would ban such discrimination in other aspects of life including education, credit, jury service, federal funding, housing, and public accommodations.
Most states — 29 — lack these protections, although a vast majority of Americans, 70 percent, support the legislation, according to recent polling from Hart Research."We are seeing growing support from business leaders because they understand that the Equality Act is good for their employees, good for their businesses and good for our country," said Alphonso Davis, president of the Human Rights Campaign, which.