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Texas Senate Committee Considers Non-Discrimination Protections for 
LGBT Community 

April 3, 2013 by Maureen McCarty, Online Content and Marketing Manager 


Today the Texas Senate Committee on Economic Development heard 
testimony on a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis 
of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. 

Meghan Stabler, a member of HRC Board of Directors, and State 
Legislative Director Sarah Warbelow testified in support of SB237. 

"Corporate America continues to raise the bar in workplace fairness, 
and now it is time that our lawmakers echo it," Stabler said in her 
testimony. "LGBT-inclusive workplace policies are not only the right 
thing to do and good business practices, they are the new normal." 

Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people 
continues to be a very real problem. Currently, an individual can be 
fired in 29 states for their sexual orientation, and 34 states for 
their gender identity or expression. 


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