Equality Act is up in the air as Democrats falter in Senate races.

Couples share an intimate moment at the annual Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2019 in New York City. This years annual Pride Parade celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and a half-century of LGBTQ+ liberation. (PHOTO: ERIN LEFEVRE/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES)

On May 14, 1974, Rep. Bella Abzug, a feminist icon in women’s rights movement, introduced one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation ever ignored. It had just one co-sponsor. 

The 10-page bill never moved out of committee…