Thirty-one states lack such protections for LGBT people, according to the lawmakers and advocates, and they criticized what they called a patchwork of laws that required a federal solution. “An LGBT person could get married on Saturday, post photos of their wedding on Sunday, and get fired from their job or thrown out of their apartment on Monday,” Cicilline said, repeating a version of a talking point that’s become popular in the weeks since the Supreme Court ruling was handed down.


arguewithatree:

A looooot of my trans friends were not super stoked about marriage equality for precisely this reason. It's still largely unsafe to be out, and a lot of them are very frustrated that this got hailed as a huge LGBT victory when really it's a big LGB victory.


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