WASHINGTON — Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, and Nevada-based affiliate Silver State Equality released their annual joint federal legislative scorecard for 2021 on Tuesday, demonstrating broad support for LGBTQ+ civil rights and social justice among both states’ congressional delegations. In California, 42 of 53 U.S. Representatives and both U.S. Senators received perfect 100% scores. In Nevada, three of four U.S. Representatives and both U.S. Senators received perfect 100% scores.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats continued their advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community by passing a wave of pro-equality legislation in 2021. The scorecard includes eight House floor votes on priority bills, one Senate floor vote, and co-sponsorship of 11 other priority bills.
“With a change of leadership in the White House and Democratic majorities in both the U.S. Senate and House, the legislative outlook in Washington, D.C. for 2021 looked promising for the LGBTQ+ community. Equality California and Silver State Equality partnered with the Congressional delegations from California and Nevada to support several bills protecting the LGBTQ+ community,” wrote Equality California Executive Director Tony Hoang, Silver State Equality State Director André C. Wade and National Policy Director Valerie Ploumpis in a joint letter at the beginning of the scorecard. “Our priority legislation would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; improve the collection of hate crimes statistics; require the government to collect more data based on sexual orientation and gender identity; protect a women’s right to an abortion; and provide stronger support to LGBTQ+ people who experience sexual and domestic violence.”
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Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. We bring the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. We advance civil rights and social justice by inspiring, advocating and mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those we serve. www.eqca.org
