Fighting Gay Baiting and Discrimination
As an immigrant who has faced and broken racial barriers all his life,
Leland Yee understands that we must combat discrimination in any form. He
is proud to join with LGBT community members to create equal rights without
reference to gender identity or sexual orientation.
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| Gay Baiting in Political Campaigns.Assemblyman
Yee wrote and passed legislation, sponsored by Equality California,
which would have outlawed political attacks based on prejudice against
the LGBT community. Unfortunately this bill, like the Marriage Equality
Law, was vetoed by the Governor
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| Discrimination Against Foster Children.Supported
legislation that explicitly prohibits discrimination and harassment
against foster children and caregivers on the basis of race, ethnicity,
ancestry, nationality, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender
identity
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| Teaching Tolerance.Helped pass bill requiring
that public school instruction on HIV/AIDS prevention, sexually
transmitted diseases, sex and marriage should not be prejudiced against
any person on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
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| Fair Housing.Supported and voted for legislation
written by Assemblyman Mark Leno that extends the Fair Employment and
Housing Act (FEHA) prohibition against discrimination to that based on
perceptions of an individual’s gender, so that employees are allowed to
appear or dress consistently with their gender identity.
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