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LGBTQ advocates praise passage of Equality Act
Landmark bill would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in multiple areas of daily life
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Rep. David Cicilline speaks at a news conference in 2019 announcing the introduction of the Equality Act. – Photo: Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, via Twitter.
Following passage of the Equality Act on Thursday, several LGBTQ advocacy groups praised lawmakers for pushing to extend legal protections to LGBTQ people around the nation.
The bill would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, access to federal funding, and other areas of daily life. U.S. House lawmakers ultimately passed the bill by a 224-206 margin, primarily along party lines, with all Democrats voting in favor.
By Michael Sznadjerman
Alabama Newscenter
In her police mugshot taken almost 60 years ago in Jackson, Mississippi, Catherine Burks-Brooks looks straight into the camera, without fear or agitation. One might even interpret the curve of her mouth as a smirk.
What was Brooks – then a 21-year-old college student and Freedom Rider, already battle-hardened from several civil rights actions – really thinking about when the bulb flashed?
“When they took that picture, I knew I was going to jail,” said Brooks, who lives in Center Point, near Birmingham. “I was tired. I was hungry. And I was ready to get into bed. I was not afraid.”
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