CONNECTICUT, USA — Beginning on Oct. 1, any survivor of sexual assault and trafficking in the state will be protected under Connecticut’s anti-discrimination laws.

It’s a win for advocates like Beth Hamilton, the executive director of the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, because it means survivors cannot be denied housing, jobs or credit as a result of what they have been through.

“It's really honoring the difficulty that folks experience post-assault, both in terms of sexual violence survivors and survivors of trafficking. Prior to the passage of this recent legislation, it was only victims of domestic violence that had those protections,” Hamilton said. “So, what it does is it really recognizes the trauma that folks experience, and then also recognize the impacts that it

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