A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Equality Act March 17 was dominated by Republican lawmakers who remained fixated on false narratives surrounding transgender athletes and painted the bill as one that attacks women across the country.
The hearing also featured transgender youth and other witnesses who outlined the urgent need to pass the legislation, which would amend Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to broadly implement protections for people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill recently passed the House of Representatives, but faces long odds in a divided Senate.
