Yasmin Nair on ENDA

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Air date: 
Mon, 07/22/2013 - 12:00am
Yasmin Nair talks with Denise Morris about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and its limits

Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and its limits. They discuss changes in the current version of the law and its assumptions about the innate nature of sexual identity and the kinds of trans* presentation it would protect. Nair observes that while the Act would have symbolic importance and legal usefulness, real change cannot rely only on the courts. Though advocates of ENDA point out that it is legal to fire someone for being gay or trans in 34 states, Nair points out that it is legal to fire someone for no reason in 49 states where at-will employment law prevails.

After their talk, we hear a clip from the JbDubs' "I Hate My Boss."

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