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“American tech companies are engaged in a worldwide competition for top talent that can pick and choose where they want to live or where they want to launch the next great startup. With the expansion of remote work and tech talent spread across the country, there are larger amounts of venture capital investment and opportunity available to companies,” reports David Edmonson in an article for TechCrunch. “States should enact policies that embrace businesses and are welcoming for entrepreneurs and employees. However, far too many states are doing the opposite and trying to enact anti-equality legislation that will hurt business.”
The states that are currently considering anti-LGBTQ legislation include Montana, Texas, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, North Dakota, Mississippi and Alabama. “These bills would cause irrevocable harm to tech employees and their families who may already be marginalized and susceptible to harassment,” the article continues.
In related reporting, Chase Strangio of the ACLU has run many posts on Twitter recently, addressing even more states who are opposing the very lives of transgender women and girls with grisly, dehumanizing practices. One of the states Strangio is following closely is South Dakota, a state frequently used by nomads as their state of residence due to low requirements. Friends of the LGBTQ community may want to rethink their relationship with all of the states involved in these anti-equality laws.
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