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Our Work Legislative Advocacy Efforts Underway to Add “Gender Identity or Expression” to CT Non-Discrimination Law

Legislative Advocacy

GLAD may be best known for its precedent-setting litigation in the courts, but as New England's foremost legal organization working on matters of lgbt civil rights and the rights of people with HIV, GLAD's unique legal expertise is indispensable to legislative efforts and other matters of public policy as well.

Efforts Underway to Add “Gender Identity or Expression” to CT Non-Discrimination Law

Proposed legislation would add “gender identity or expression” to Connecticut’s non-discrimination law, thereby prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in education, employment, housing, public accommodations and lending. Should this bill pass, Connecticut will be joining 13 other states and Washington, D.C. in protecting its residents from this kind of discrimination.

The proposed bill, HB 5723, “An Act Concerning Discrimination” had a public hearing on Wednesday, March 19 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. GLAD Attorney Jennifer Levi presented testimony at the hearing.

Info Sheet on the CT Bill [PDF]
Q & A on the CT Bill [PDF]
Read Attorney Jennifer Levi’s testimony in support of the CT Bill [PDF]

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