New National Campaign Launched To Secure Nondiscrimination Protections For LGBT Americans

A new campaign called Freedom for All Americans has launched with the goal of securing nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Americans nationwide.
The new campaign is dedicated to ensuring that every American is protected under the law from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression – without allowing broad and harmful religious exemptions that will encourage employers, business owners or others to choose to disregard those protections.
Michigan is one of 33 states across the country that currently lack explicit protections for LGBT Americans from discrimination in employment, housing and in public spaces like restaurants and hotels. However, Executive Director of Freedom for All Americans, Matt McTighe, believes that by capitalizing on the momentum built to win the freedom to marry, these protections can soon be available for all LGBT Americans, and is beginning to lead efforts on the local, state and national levels.
"It is not enough to merely take a defensive posture and fight back against discrimination. We must take the fight on the offensive with a multi-year initiative that seizes on our best opportunities to advance local and state-level victories," the Freedom for All Americans website reads.
The campaign will build partisan support to persuade Congress and the President to adopt explicit federal statutory protections ensuring freedom from discrimination for all LGBT Americans in housing, employment and public accommodations; will support the work of partners making the case in the federal courts that discrimination is illegal; defeat proposals that undermine civil rights protections for LGBT Americans and promote anti-LGBT discrimination; work alongside and provide support to local partners and advance nondiscrimination on the local level in both rural and urban communities; tell real-life stories of LGBT Americans – highlighting the broad range of Americans who support nondiscrimination protections; and work to defeat anti-LGBT legislation.
Freedom for All Americans plans to accomplish these goals by training and developing a diverse team of skilled advocates with expertise on all the aspects of campaigns and public education to advance nondiscrimination protections across the country; support and train trans advocates to help educate the public about the need for comprehensive nondiscrimination policies that include explicit protections for gender identity and expression; recruit and sustain a coalition of businesses to make the economic case for treating LGBT employees fairly and equally; and will directly support earned, paid and social media activities to boost education efforts.
To learn more about the project or to submit a personal story visit the website at http://www.freedomforallamericans.org/.