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Documenting Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in State Employment

Testimony of Brad Sears on ENDA Before the House Committee on Education and Labor, 9/23/2009

Executive Summary

1. Estimates of LGBT Workforce

2. Sovereign Immunity and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment

3. Constitutional Rights Violated by Employment Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

4. Relationship of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Performance in the Workplace

5. The Legacy of State Laws, Policies, and Practices, 1945-Present

6. Findings of Discrimination by Courts and Legal Scholars

7. Findings of Discrimination by State and Local Governments and Officials

8. Congressional Record of Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity by Public Employers, 1994-2007

9. Surveys of LGBT Public Employees and Their Co-Workers

10. Analysis of Wage Gap between LGB Public Employees and Their Co-Workers

11. Administrative Complaints on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

12. Specific Examples of Employment Discrimination by State and Local Governments

13. Voter Initiatives to Repeal or Prevent Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity, 1974-Present

14. Other Indicia of Animus against LGBT People by State and Local Government Officials, 1980-Present

15. Analysis of State Laws and Executive Orders Prohibiting Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Acknowledgements


Appendices- 50 State Reports

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