Seth Meyers Takes a Closer Look at Houston’s Fight for LGBTQ Rights

During last night’s “A Closer Look� segment on Late Night, Seth Meyers focused on Houston’s recent vote to reject a proposed anti-discrimination law called Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance, which would’ve protected people from being discriminated at work or elsewhere for their race, age, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Anti-HERO groups then went and made tons of ads urging voters to oppose the ordinance, claiming that passing it would lead to men being allowed in women’s bathrooms – a completely incorrect conclusion, but it nevertheless swayed enough Houston voters to ultimately reject the law. “At the end of the day,� Meyers concluded, “campaigns like the one in Houston are powerful reminders that for LGBTQ people, there’s still a lot more work to be done to fight against both discrimination and terrible cartoons.�