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A CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS GRAPHIC Legally married and legally fired Congratulations! You legally marry on Sunday! THAT NIGHT honeymoon because of your sexual orientation. ON MONDAY You are legally denied a hotel room for your You are legally fired from your job for being gay when you try to update your employment forms to reflect that you are married ON TUESDAY You are legally evicted from your apartment when you try to add your new spouse to the lease You are legally denied a loan because you are married to a person of the same gender. Your child is legally expelled from college when you notify the school of a new legal parent. You file a complaint but learn that you may not be protected from the discrimination you have faced. While you now have a marriage license, too many people still have a license to discriminate No explicit LGBT protections Explicit LGB protections ● Explicit LGBT protections* . Twenty-nine states lack explicit sexual-orientation nondiscrimination protections, and 32 states lack explicit gender-identity nondiscrimination protections It is time for Congress to act. For more information, read the Center for American Progress report "We the People" at http://ampr.gs/wethepeople. *Massachusetts lacks gender-identity protections in public accommodations. Source: Movement Advancement Project, "Non-Discrimination Laws: Employment Equality Map, available at http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/non discrimination laws (last accessed January 2015). Center for American Progress

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