ms. badgette, we'll start with you. welcome, and please proceed. >> thank you. is the microphone on? >> no, you've got to punch -- >> okay. good morning, senator harkin and members of the committee. today i will just is up rise three basic points in my written testimony that will document the need for the employment and nondiscrimination act. my first point is that employment discrimination against lease bee an, gay, bisexual and transgender americans whom i'll just call lgbt americans, occurs in workplaces across the country. ek lane gill was a temporary instructor at a community college in texas. she is also a lesbian. when permanent jobs opened up in 2010, she was not allowed to interview for those positions, even though she had received praise from students, from her colleagues and from parents of her students. several of her colleagues, who were equally qualified or actually less qualified, were allowed to interview and were hired, whereas mrs. gill was not. she was also harassed because of her sexual orientation. her supervisor told her at one point that texas and tarrant count