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Article: REP. BALDWIN TESTIFIES AT HOUSE HEARING ON GENDER IDENTITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 26, 2008
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Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. (2nd CD), issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin testified today at a groundbreaking hearing before the House Education and Labor Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions. The hearing entitled "An Examination of Discrimination against Transgender Americans in the Workplace," was the first in Congress dedicated exclusively to the issue of workplace discrimination against transgender Americans.
At present, no federal law clearly and comprehensively protects transgender Americans from discrimination in the workplace. Twelve states, plus the District of Columbia, bar employment discrimination on the basis of gender ...