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Pennsylvania Competes is a 501c4 that is dedicated to growing the Keystone State's economy by ensuring that all Pennsylvanians are able to fully participate and have equal protections in the workplace, housing, and business and government services. Pennsylvania businesses and citizens are joining together to support passage of the "Pennsylvania Fairness Act," which will update the state's Human Relations Act – originally written in 1955 – to ensure that all citizens regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, disability, and now sexual orientation, gender identity and expression – can participate in the state's economy.

February, 2016

Support for Nondiscrimination Legislation Grows to Historic Level of Nearly 1,000 PA Businesses

Support for Nondiscrimination Legislation Grows to Historic Level of Nearly 1,000 PA Businesses
Harrisburg, Pa. (Feb. 3, 2016) – Nearly 1,000 Pennsylvania employers, representing an estimated 150,000 employees, are calling on the General Assembly to pass the Pennsylvania Fairness Act to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity and expression cannot be used as the basis of discrimination. Current state law allows Pennsylvanians to be fired or denied housing and business services solely on the basis of the person being gay or transgender. The coalition has significantly expanded since the legislation was introduced last August.
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