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You are here: Home / Civil Rights / Racial Justice / This Week In Blackness / Are You LGBT? Don’t Work In Kansas.

Are You LGBT? Don’t Work In Kansas.

by Elon James White|  February 13, 20151:20 pm| 7 Comments

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If you identify as LGBT and you’re looking for a place to move, don’t head to Kansas. A new executive order signed by Gov. Sam Brownback rescinded discrimination protections for state employees based on one’s sexual orientation and gender identity. The law had covered 25,0000 of the state’s 41,000 employees:

Brownback, who won re-election in November despite an uprising from Kansas Republicans, said in a statement the executive order reaffirms the commitment by the state to follow employment practices that do not discriminate based on race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, or age. “This Executive Order ensures that state employees enjoy the same civil rights as all Kansans without creating additional ‘protected classes’ as the previous order did,” Brownback said.

It seems that this dude doesn’t understand the meaning of the words “protect” and “discriminate.” And please note, there are only 18 states that actually have non-discrimination employment laws that offer protection for sexual orientation and gender identity. We still have a loooooong way to go, America.

Team Blackness also discussed Jackie Robinson West losing its Little League win, Vince Vaughn’s stupidity surrounding affirmative action, the Chapel Hill shooting, and some bad Valentine’s Day dates.

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  1. 1.

    spudvol

    February 13, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    You really need to stop double-clicking.

  2. 2.

    mdblanche

    February 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm

    The important thing to remember is that marriage equality is the one and only item on The Gay Agenda(TM), so once the Supreme Court gives them that they will all switch over to voting for Brownback for the tax cuts on all the money they won’t be making after he fires them.

  3. 3.

    MaximusNYC

    February 13, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Why do these posts always appear twice?

  4. 4.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    February 13, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    @mdblanche: Thank you! I know that’s the number one item on the latest memo I received from the Great Gay Soviet. We’re all just waiting with baited breath for the opportunity (Oh, at long last!) to vote for the Repubs we’ve been secretly crushing on since they spent the 80’s spitting on the graves of every human being we ever loved.

  5. 5.

    Yatsuno

    February 13, 2015 at 4:19 pm

    Wait…what just happened?

  6. 6.

    Benw

    February 13, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Are you? Don’t work in Kansas. FIFY!

  7. 7.

    West of the Cascades

    February 13, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    Fuck Kansas, and fuck Sam Brownback. In Oregon, if you’re LGBT you can become the fucking Governor.

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