“I join lawmakers, business owners and bipartisan advocates in calling for votes on these bills. Our laws allow people to be denied a job or housing simply because they are LGBTQ. It is time to right this wrong,” said Gov. Wolf.
In a tweet, he noted that Pennsylvania’s existing laws allows denial of a job or housing to a transgender or non-gender conforming person.
Today Pennsylvania laws allow people to be denied a job or housing simply because they are LGBTQ. It is time to right this wrong.
Join me in telling @PaLegis: Pass non-discrimination protections and expand the hate crimes law to include LGBTQ Pennsylvanians. https://t.co/IFKUX38y3N
— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) May 6, 2019
Gov. Wolf’s administration is committed to eliminating discrimination against LGBTQ people
In August last year, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) released a new guidance on sex-based discrimination under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. The Commission included gender identity and sexual orientation to its definition of protected groups.
