Hawaii passes transgender employment protections
The Hawaii Senate approved a bill, previously passed by the House, to ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression in the workplace.
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Discrimination against transgender individuals is already illegal in Hawaii for housing, public accommodations and employment, but the ban on employment discrimination has only been established by rulings of the Civil Rights Commission and has not been written into the state statute.
Earlier this year, the state passed a civil unions bill which will start on January 1, 2012. And now this. The governor, Neil Abercrombie, has only been in office four months!