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WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Two gay rights groups announced Tuesday 150 members of Congress had agreed in writing to ban gender-related sex discrimination in their offices.
The "Diversity Statement," promoted jointly on Capitol Hill by the Human Rights Campaign and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, commits signatories to ban discrimination in their congressional offices based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
The two newest signers of the statement are U.S. Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the House minority whip and, Norm Dicks, D-Wash. Signers include 127 of the 435 members of the House, 23 of the 100 U.S. senators and, by partisan affiliation, 132 Democrats, 16 Republicans and 2 independents.
A spokesman for the group said it hopes the number of signers "reflects expanding support for including such protections in federal legislation." Seven states and more than 60 cities and localities currently have laws banning discrimination based on employees' gender identity and/or expression.
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