Long Title:http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS145.NSF/vwLegislation/B39629232C080EE3852575B50071E9C0?Opendocument
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 9, 18, 19, 25, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING, HOUSING, EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE INSURANCE BUSINESS.
Synopsis:
This Act adds the term “sexual orientation” to the already-existing list of prohibited practices of discrimination. As such, this Act would forbid discrimination against a person on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, public works contracting, public accommodations, and insurance. In addition, this Act would establish that the Superior Court, in the first instance, would hear and adjudicate alleged criminal violations under the Act of equal accommodations, fair housing and employment discrimination.
How many times have we seen this where gender identity and expression is not added to the bill and the trans-community is told, "Do not worry, we will work to pass a trans-bill." However, instead they go off and focus their attention on marriage equality. Then once they get marriage equality they fold up shop and mone on.
My hope is now that more and more ACTUAL research is finally being done and being exposed and we are no longer just using personal or self report and opinion to assess and diagnose valid transgenderism, that this is all going to change and you are going to be pulled from under the bus! We are finally accepting and looking at T as a medical condition and NOT a mental issue. Can you have both - of course like any other life event or condition. But to acknowledge T as a medical condition is the step in the direction that will then lead the way to acceptance and change in the political avenues.
ReplyDeleteAs a clinician, I'm thrilled for the recent "findings" that were released in a symposium in May and will be released in the JAMA and the APA this fall.
The U.S. is still lagging in valid research, but as more countries put forth this huge earth shattering information, we will only then begin to see doors open politically.