Michigan is safer for LGBTQ+ community. Let's remember how we got here. | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : In just the last few years, the Michigan Legislature finally passed a slew of bills to undo this system of legalized hate by, among other things, adding protections for gender identity and sexual orientation to the state's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) and banning the practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ young people.
52% : They passed a long-awaited ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
43% : And they even expanded the number of opportunities for Michiganders to be automatically registered to vote -- including when they are released from prison and when they apply for Medicaid.

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