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Though gay activists have seen incredible strides regarding LGBT rights over the past few years, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has yet to be signed into law, despite it being introduced in almost every Congress since 1994.

Former GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has come out in support for gay adoption but still believes marriage should be between one man and one woman.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act during his GLAAD Award speech last weekend.

The Democratic Party’s platform draft not only supports gay marriage but contains strong language in support of ENDA, the long-languishing bill to ban LGBT discrimination in the private workplace.

Transgender workers around the country hope for the passing of the federal bill, ENDA even though supporters say it will not pass this year.

Rea Carey, the energetic head of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, spoke exclusively to EDGE about the hits & misses (less of those) of 2011, marriage national & local, bullying, ENDA, black-gay conflict, immigration, gay politicians & having fun.

The Employment Non-Discrinination Act has been re-introduced in Congress--though to only about half the support it enjoyed just last year.

Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank announced on Wednesday, March 30, he plans to reintroduce the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act. It is highly unlikely the GOP-controlled House will pass the measure during this Congress, but Frank stressed activists need to start laying the groundwork for its passage now.

A group of protestors in Las Vegas calling on Nevada Sen. Harry Reid to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill long contemplated by federal lawmakers that would extend workplace protections to GLBT workers, faced arrest on the afternoon of July 20.

It’s been 16 years since the Employment Non-Discrimination Act was first introduced in Congress, and according to organizers of a Tuesday rally at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco office, it’s closer than ever to being finally passed.