HRC Blog

Organizers in Ohio with the Americans for Workplace Opportunity campaign continue to build volunteer teams and engage Ohioans across the state.

The AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the U.S., amended its constitution Monday to ban discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression.

Today, I had the opportunity to meet in Philadelphia with HRC's partners at Equality Pennsylvania, Freedom to Marry, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and ACLU National.

A new report released today offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the inequities facing transgender workers in the American workforce—from finding and keeping good jobs, to having equal access to job-related benefits, to obtaining adequate health insurance coverage. A Broken Bargain for Transgender Workers is a companion to the recently released report, A Broken Bargain: Discrimination, Fewer Benefits, and More Taxes for LGBT Workers.

With Labor Day weekend upon us, we are reminded that everyone should have the opportunity to get and keep a job and provide for their families – one of the most fundamental American values – regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.