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Sexual Orientation Discrimination Important Events The gay community is an especially important part of San Francisco, CA and Greenwich Village, NY life. The Village has many gay bars, and each year there is a Gay Pride march. Each year in June gays and lesbians prance and parade to celebrate Gay Pride Month. Major employment discrimination issues: Since 1996, Americans could be legally fired from jobs in 41 states simply because of their sexual orientation. This number was unchanged as of May 2000. Employment discrimination strikes at the fundamental American value - the right of each qualified, hardworking individual to do his or her job and contribute to society without facing discrimination or being fired simply for who they are, said HRC (Human Rights Campaign) President Joe Solmonese. With the recent change in the makeup of both the House and Senate, the advocacy groups believe that they now have a real opportunity to pass the ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act). The bill would protect individuals against workplace discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. National Organizations The American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force are working together to engage more gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans in the national campaign to end workplace discrimination for LGBT workers. The campaign, which urges LGBT people who have faced job discrimination to share their story, will be used to boost lobbying efforts for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a federal bill which would protect LGBT people against workplace discrimination, and for similar state proposals. Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council, et al., Petitioners v. James Dale Dale, an Eagle Scout, filed suit in the New Jersey Superior Court, alleging, among other things, that the Boy Scouts had violated the state statute prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in places of