A majority of states still do not clearly protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, people from discrimination in employment. In this whiteboard video, YouTube celebrity Hartbeat explains why all Americans deserve the same protections from discrimination in the workplace. To learn more about the discrimination faced by LGBT workers, see “We the People: LGBT Americans and the Workplace.”
Animation: Maggie Ditre
Voice-over: Hartbeat
Music: bensound.com, “Cute”
Sarah McBride is the Campaigns and Communications Manager for LGBT Progress at the Center for American Progress.