NAACP Throws Support Behind Extension of Equality Act to LGBT+ People

The US National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People(NAACP) has officially endorsed a proposed reform of the Equality Act, which would extend its protections to LGBT+ people, reports On Top Magazine.

The new law would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity across the United States.

“We support what it does—and we support it now. It’s important that it gets through,” said the NAACP DC bureau director Hilary Shelton to NBC.

“We believe the same protections that we have worked for so hard over the 110 years of the NAACP should be extended to all Americans, particularly members of the LGBTQ community.”

The Equality Act has support in the House of Representatives, in which the Democrats currently hold a majority.

“While the President betrays our values with his [transgender military] ban, Congress is bringing our nation closer to equal liberty and justice for all with the Equality Act,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“Sexual orientation and gender identity deserve full civil rights protections—in the workplace and in every place, education, housing, credit, jury service [and] public accommodations.”

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