Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is legislation proposed in the United States Congress that would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by civilian, nonreligious employers with at least 15 employees. ENDA has been introduced in every Congress since 1994 (except the 109th). Similar legislation has been introduced without passage since 1974. In 2009, Rep. Barney Frank introduced a transgender-inclusive version of ENDA. He introduced it again in 2011, and Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced it in the Senate. President Barack Obama supports the bill’s passage. [ Wikipedia → ]

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Employment Non-Discrimination Act reintroduced in Congress

Thursday, April 25, 2013
WASHINGTON -- The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was reintroduced in both chambers of Congress on Thursday. The measure would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by civilian, nonreligious employers with at least 15 employees. [ Read more → ]
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U.S. Sen. Carl Levin will not seek re-election in 2014

Thursday, March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON -- The senior U.S. Senator who, as chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, shepherded the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay and lesbian service members, has announced that he will retire at the end of this term in 2014. [ Read more → ]
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Harkin says ENDA ‘will move this year’ in the U.S. Senate

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on Tuesday said that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) “will move this year” in the Senate. [ Read more → ]
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White House considering executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors

Monday, February 11, 2013
WASHINGTON -- The White House is said to be reviewing whether President Barack Obama should issue an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [ Read more → ]
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Bryan Fischer: Businesses threatened by ‘flaming homosexual’ job applicants

Monday, January 7, 2013
American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer on Friday blew up over the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), warning in a blog post that “ENDA would represent the return of Jim Crow laws.” [ Read more → ]
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White House still withholding ENDA executive order

Thursday, December 6, 2012
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that President Obama is not currently planning to revisit the idea of issuing an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT workers at the start of his second term. [ Read more → ]
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Human Rights Commission sides with gay group in discrimination complaint

Monday, November 26, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Kentucky Human Rights Commission has sided with organizers of the Lexington Pride Festival in its discrimination complaint against T-shirt printer Hands On Originals, after the owner refused to print t-shirts for the city's annual pride event, and said it was because his is "a Christian organization." [ Read more → ]
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis pledges to take the lead on ENDA

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A Colorado congressman who’s set to become the most senior openly gay member of the U.S. House is pledging to take the lead on perhaps the most high-profile piece of pro-LGBT legislation: the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. [ Read more → ]
Mitt Romney (left) and Barack Obama. File photos, by Michael Key, Washington Blade

Obama vs. Romney: Where the candidates stand on LGBT issues

Monday, November 5, 2012
The Washington Blade breaks down some of the most frequently cited LGBT issues and where each Presidential candidate stands on Marriage Equality, the Uniting American Families Act, ENDA, DADT and DOMA. [ Read more → ]
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Democrats unveil historic party platform backing ‘freedom to marry,’ ENDA

Monday, September 3, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On the eve of their national convention in Charlotte, N.C., the Democratic Party on Monday unveiled its official platform, one that supports marriage equality for gays and lesbians -- an historic first for a national U.S. political party. [ Read more → ]
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Democratic platform draft language on marriage equality, ENDA revealed

Thursday, August 9, 2012
The draft language in the Democratic Party platform endorsing marriage equality has been revealed and shown to say “we support marriage equality” is set to become a tenet of the party’s beliefs. [ Read more → ]
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LGBT bills unlikely to advance in Senate before Election Day

Saturday, July 14, 2012
With a few months remaining in the 112th Congress — and a few weeks until lawmakers adjourn for August recess — advocates say the chances for advancing any pro-LGBT legislation even in the Democratic-controlled Senate are slim — at least before Election Day. [ Read more → ]
Sen. Mark Kirk is among those calling for an ENDA markup.

Nine U.S. senators to Harkin: Time to move on ENDA

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of nine senators is backing the idea of having the Senate panel with jurisdiction over the Employment Non-Discrimination Act advance the legislation to the floor by a committee vote. [ Read more → ]
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Transgender advocate testifies before U.S. Senate on ENDA

Tuesday, June 12, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The Senate heard for the first time ever testimony from a transgender witness in a hearing dedicated to highlighting workplace discrimination experienced by LGBT people. [ Read more → ]
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Senate committee agrees to hold hearing on ENDA

Thursday, May 10, 2012
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee has agreed to hold a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act following calls from advocates and senators for lawmakers to hear testimony on LGBT workplace discrimination. [ Read more → ]
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After decades of pressure, ENDA continues to languish — What gives?

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
After decades of pressure, ENDA continues to languish. There was some real optimism back in 2010 that it would pass during the lame duck session after the November elections. Everyone knew that Republicans would be big winners in that election, and so many in the community held on to a slim hope that departing Democratic lawmakers would find the courage to support the bill ... Now, with marriage issues on ballots from Maine to Washington, we’ll see more progress on marriage in 2012 than we ever have in any prior year. But when it comes to employment, it seems like we’ve stagnated... [ Read more → ]
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EEOC ruling on transgender rights triggers new call for ENDA

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
LGBT rights supporters are continuing to press for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, following a ruling this week from a U.S. agency expanding non-discrimination protections under existing law to include transgender workers. [ Read more → ]
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Hispanic group urges Obama to ‘revisit’ ENDA stopgap

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
An organization billing itself as the largest Hispanic civil rights group in the United States is calling on President Obama to “revisit” his decision not to take administrative action to prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination among federal contractors. [ Read more → ]
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Merkley criticizes White House for inaction on ENDA stopgap

Thursday, April 12, 2012
The lead Senate sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has expressed disapproval over recent news the White House won’t take administrative action to prohibit job discrimination against LGBT people. [ Read more → ]
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Denied: White House says ‘no’ to ENDA executive order

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The White House has categorically denied requests from LGBT advocates to issue an executive order protecting LGBT people against workplace discrimination at this time, according to individuals who took part in a White House meeting on Wednesday. The denial was corroborated by a senior administrative official. [ Read more → ]
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