Hector Martinez
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Creating Change Conference in Baltimore has attracted 3,000 LGBT rights advocates from all over the US. Housing and Urban Development Sec. Shaun Donovan announces new policies to protect LGBT people.
“I’m here this afternoon because our President and his administration believe the LGBT community deserve a place at the table and a place to call home. Each of us here knows that rights that most folks take for granted are routinely violated against LGBT people. That’s why I am proud to stand before you this afternoon and say HUD has been a leader in the fight – your fight and my fight – for equality. Over the last three years we have worked to ensure that our housing programs are open. Not to some. Not to most. But open to all.”
These policies include protecting LGBT people from discrimination under the Fair Housing Act and same-sex data collection.
“Today I am proud to announce a new Equal Access to Housing Rule that says clearly and unequivocally that LGBT individuals and couples have the right to live where they choose. This is an idea whose time has come.”
It’s an exciting time for LGBT people in the US. Creating Change is working for LGBT people!
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