A brave Washington teen gave a moving speech to the U.S. Senate earlier today, imploring officials to pass the Equality Act.
Sixteen-year-old Stella Keating spoke virtually at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and gave some striking examples of how the Equality Act could protect her, and people like her, from discrimination. “Right now, I live in a state where I have equal protection under the law.
And as a high school sophomore, I’m starting to look at colleges,” she said. “And all I can think about is this: less than half of the states in our country provide equal protection for me under the law." The Tacoma, Washington sophomore is transgender and knows that if/when she moves, her identity could be used as justification to