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Stein Club Calls on Washington Nationals to Ensure Inclusion of Protections Covered by DC Human Rights Act
Washington, DC - October 19, 2007 - The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the largest LGBT political organization in the District, passed a resolution at the October 15th meeting calling on the Washington Nationals to ensure that its Vendor Procurement Program nondiscrimination policy complies with the DC Human Rights Act.
In a letter sent to the Nationals’ President, Stan Kasten, the Stein Club informed the Nationals that its nondiscrimination policy did not include all protected classes covered by the DC Human Rights Act, especially LGBT protections such as sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The Stein Club urged the Nationals to revise its policy to ensure it complies with the DC Human Rights Act and promptly distribute the inclusive policy to the public.
“We have asked the Nationals' leadership to ensure a prompt distribution of a revised nondiscrimination policy inclusive of LGBT protections and all DC Human Rights protections. This is an extremely important issue for the Stein Club and the LGBT community, and we have begun to work with the Nationals to accomplishing this goal,” said Mario Acosta-Velez, Stein Club President.
We would like to thank Stein Club member Phil Pannell for bringing this important issue to the Club's attention and for his ongoing advocacy on this issue. We would also like to thank Councilmember Kwame Brown, who has been working with the Stein Club to ensure the Nationals review its nondiscrimination policy.
To read two articles published in the Washington Blade and city Paper, click on:
The Stein Club, founded in 1976, is a membership organization dedicated to growing the political participation, representation, and visibility of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in the District of Columbia's political process. It is also the local organization of National Stonewall Democrats, a grassroots network connecting LGBT Democratic activists from all across the United States.
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