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'Every Pennsylvanian deserves to be protected': Gov. Wolf calls for legislation to increase rights for LGBTQIA+ groups

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf | Facebook/Tom Wolf

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf | Facebook/Tom Wolf

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf supports legislation that would expand rights for LGBTQIA+ groups.

HB 1510 would amend the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to include gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation in the Act.

“LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights — every Pennsylvanian deserves to be protected,” Wolf wrote in a Feb. 4 Twitter post.

This bill hasn’t had any consideration since 2015.

According to a map by the Movement Advance Project, only 35% of Pennsylvanians live under local nondiscrimination ordinances.

Approximately 4.1% of Pennsylvania adults have identified as LGBTQ, according to a 2019 Gallup Poll.

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