l-r Senator Merkley (D-OR), along with Mike Carney and Diane Schroer, both victims of discrimination. Photo by HRC Board of Directors Member Meghan Stabler.
This morning at a press conference on Capitol Hill, victims of discrimination joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) — a lead sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Sharing their experiences were Colonel Diane Schroer, a transgender woman and 25-year veteran of the U.S Army Special Forces from Illinois; Mike Carney, a gay police officer from Massachusetts; and Earline Budd, a transgender woman from Washington D.C. who suffered from discrimination in the workplace and has since become an outspoken advocate for transgender rights.
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