Ukuhamba uye eHawaii? Inobuhlobo kangakanani i-LGBTQ Aloha Urhulumente?

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Namhlanje, i-Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation kunye ne-Equality Federation Institute ikhuphe unyaka wesihlanu Isalathiso sokuLingana kukaRhulumente (SEI), ingxelo ebanzi echaza imigaqo-nkqubo yelizwe lonke kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo echaphazela abantu be-LGBTQ kunye neentsapho zabo, kunye nokuvavanya ukuba ilizwe libakhusela kangakanani abantu be-LGBTQ kucalucalulo. IHawaii iwela kwicandelo, "Ukuqinisa ukulingana."

Kuba okwangoku akukho lungelo libanzi lokukhuselwa kwabantu be-LGBTQ kwinqanaba lomanyano, amalungelo ezigidi zabantu be-LGBTQ kunye neentsapho zabo zixhomekeka kwilizwe abahlala kulo. Kumazwe angama-30, abantu be-LGBTQ bahlala besemngciphekweni wokugxothwa, ukugxothwa okanye bakhanyele iinkonzo ngenxa yokuba bangobani. Ngesi sizathu, uninzi olungenayo lokulingana kwiNdlu yabameli baseMelika iyenzile UMthetho woLingana -Umthetho oyilwayo wokuseka ukhuselo olumanyeneyo lomdibaniso wabantu be-LGBTQ- eyona nto iphambili.

Njengoko imibutho yamalungelo oluntu isebenza ukugqitha kolu khuseleko lubalulekileyo, ukukhawulezisa inkqubela kwinqanaba likarhulumente kubalulekile. Kulo nyaka, inani lamazwe afumene elona nqanaba liphezulu le-SEI, "Ukusebenzela ukulingana ngokugqibeleleyo," lenyuke ukusuka kwi-13 ukuya kwi-17. La mazwe ngoku anemithetho ye-LGBTQ eyomeleleyo engacaluliyo egubungela ingqesho, izindlu kunye neendawo zokuhlala zoluntu, kunye nezokhuseleko Iindawo zetyala kunye neinshurensi.

Le ngxelo ye-SEI iza njengoko ngaphezulu kwama-46 ezindlu zowiso-mthetho zivule iiseshoni zazo-kwaye Inew york Ukuqala unyaka ngenqaku elimangalisayo ngokudlulisa umthetho weGender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) kunye nomthetho okhusela ulutsha lwe-LGBTQ kurhulumente kwindlela eyingozi neyonakeleyo ebizwa ngokuba "lonyango lokuguqula." Inkqubo ye- I-Senate yaseVirginia Ukwapasile umthetho oya kuthintela ucalucalulo ngokwesini okanye ngokwesini. Nabalawuli kwi Kansas, Ohio, Michigan kwaye Wisconsin utyikitye iiodolo ezilawulayo ezikhusela abasebenzi bakarhulumente be-LGBTQ.

Indlu yase-US kungekudala ikulungele ukuqala ukuthathela ingqalelo umThetho woLingano, umthetho oyilwayo wezembali oya kuthi ubonelele ngokungaguquguqukiyo nangokucacileyo ukungakhethi cala kwabantu be-LGBTQ kwiinkalo eziphambili zobomi, kubandakanya ingqesho, izindlu, ityala, imfundo, iindawo zoluntu kunye neenkonzo, ngokudibeneyo iinkqubo ezixhaswa ngemali kunye nenkonzo yejaji. Ngaphezulu kwabaqeshi abaphambili abali-130, abasebenza kuwo onke amazwe angama-50, bajoyine i-HRC's Business Coalition for the Equality Act, bebongoza iCongress ukuba iphumelele olu khuselo lubalulekileyo.

"Umsebenzi we-HRC Foundation kunye neenkqubo ezinje nge-State Equality Index, kunye neenzame ze-HRC zemihla ngemihla zokuphucula ukukhuselwa kwabantu be-LGBTQ kwinqanaba likarhulumente nakwimanyano zibalulekile kumzabalazo wamalungelo oluntu e-LGBTQ, utshilo uMongameli we-HRC. UChad Griffin. ”I-HRC kunye namaqabane ethu emhlabeni boyisa inqwaba yemithetho eyilwayo ye-LGBTQ kunyaka ophelileyo, kwaye basebenze ukuphumeza amanyathelo abalulekileyo okuqinisekisa ukuba ii-LGBTQ zaseMelika zikhuselekile naphina apho bahlala khona. Sele sibona isithembiso sokhuselo oluthe kratya oluya kugqitha ngo-2019 - kuthathwe amanyathelo eNew York, eVirginia, eKansas, eOhio, eMichigan naseWisconsin. ”

UGriffin uqhubeke wathi, “Nangona kunjalo, abantu be-LGBTQ bajongene nenyani ethandabuzekayo yokuba amalungelo abo amiselwe leliphi icala likarhulumente okanye isixeko abasibiza njengekhaya. Njengoko i-State Equality Index yalo nyaka icacisa, lifikile ixesha lokuba silususe olu luhlu lwemithetho yelizwe kwaye sikhusele bonke abantu be-LGBTQ ngokudlula kumbuso UMthetho woLingana. "

Utshilo uRebecca Isaacs, umlawuli olawulayo we-Equality Federation Institute: Njengokuba sijonge kwiseshoni yowiso-mthetho elandelayo, iState Equality Index kufuneka isebenze njengokwazisa ukuba sisebenze kangakanani kwaye kuninzi kangakanani ekusafuneka sikwenzile. ”

Ukuqhubela phambili ukukhuselwa kwe-LGBTQ nondiscriminaton kwinqanaba likarhulumente nakwimanyano kuxhaswe ngabantu abaninzi baseMelika. Ngapha koko, kuvavanyo lwe-PRRI lwakutsha nje lufumanise ukuba iipesenti ezingama-71 zabantu baseMelika bayayixhasa imithetho ye-LGBTQ yokungakhethi cala njengoMthetho woLingano. Uqikelelo lwe-12 yezigidi ze-LGBTQ zaseMelika, izihlobo kunye neentsapho zabo zihlala zisemngciphekweni wokucalulwa ukuba zihlala kwelinye lamazwe angama-30 ngaphandle kokhuseleko olwaneleyo. Imephu yale patchwork yemithetho inokufunyanwa Apha.

Uvavanyo lwe-SEI lomthetho nemigaqo-nkqubo enxulumene nelizwe lonke ye-LGBTQ kwiindawo zemithetho nemigaqo-nkqubo yobuzali, ukwala ngokwenkolo kunye nemithetho yokwamkelwa kobudlelwane, imithetho nemigaqo-nkqubo engacalucalulo, ulwaphulo-mthetho olutshaba kunye nemithetho yezobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho, imithetho ehambelana nolutsha kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo kunye nempilo kunye Imithetho kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yezokhuseleko ibeke ilizwe ngalinye kwelinye iindidi ezine ezahlukileyo:

  • Amazwe alishumi elinesithandathu kunye neSithili seColumbia bakwelona nqanaba liphezulu, "UkuSebenza ngokuLingana nokuLingana": California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont nase Washington.
  • Amazwe amane akoluhlu "Ukuqinisa ukulingana": IHawaii, Iowa, Maryland kunye neNew Hampshire
  • Amazwe amabini akwisigaba "ukuLingana koLwakhiwo": Utah, eWisconsin
  • Amazwe angamashumi amabini anesibhozo akwinqanaba elinezinga eliphantsi "Eyona nto iphambili kuPhumeza ukulingana okuSisiseko": Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia nase Wyoming

Kulo nyaka YIBA ikwachaza ukuhlaselwa kwemithetho engaphezulu kwe-100 yokuchasana ne-LGBTQ eyaziswe kumazwe angama-29 ngexesha lowiso-mthetho lwaseburhulumenteni lowama-2018, kubandakanya izindululo zokunikwa kwamaphepha-mvume okutshayela ucalucalulo, ukulingana komtshato kunye nokujolisa kuluntu lwe-transgender-kubandakanya abantwana be-transgender. I-HRC isebenze emhlabeni kunye nabameli basekhaya kunye namahlakani ayoyisa yonke ngaphandle kwale mibini.

Ingxelo ikwalatha kwinkqubela phambili ekhuthaza ulutsha lwe-LGBTQ, kunye ne-transgender kunye nabantu abangathobeliyo ngokwesini abafuna bahlaziye iincwadi zabo zezazisi. Iseshoni yokugqibela yomthetho, iRhuluneli yaseNew Hampshire uChris Sununu isayine i-HB 1319 ibe ngumthetho, ukukhusela abantu abadlulayo kwilizwe liphela kungabikho kucalucalulo kwezengqesho, izindlu kunye neendawo zoluntu. Ukongeza, irekhodi ezintlanu-iDelaware, iHawaii, iMaryland, iNew Hampshire kunye neWashington- zigqithise ukukhuselwa okutsha kuqheliselo lwento ebizwa ngokuba "lonyango lokuguqula," kuzisa inani elipheleleyo lamazwe anayo loo mithetho okanye imigaqo ukuya kwi-15, kunye neSithili YeColumbia. INew York, ebinemiqathango yolawulo ngokuchasene nesiko ukusukela ngo-2016, iqale iseshoni yowiso-mthetho yowama-2019 ngokumisela umthetho wokuqinisa nokwandisa olu khuselo.

Ingxelo epheleleyo yeHRC yoLingano lweSizwe, kubandakanya amakhadi aneenkcukacha kurhulumente wonke; uphononongo olubanzi lomthetho welizwe lowama-2018; kwaye imbonakalo yeseshoni yowiso-mthetho ka-2019 maneka kwi-intanethi.

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