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City of Dallas extends civil rights protection to transgender people
Source: Reuters
US | Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:35pm EST
City of Dallas extends civil rights protection to transgender people
DALLAS | BY LISA MARIA GARZA
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved an amendment to its anti-discrimination ordinance on Tuesday to include protections for transgender people from being denied employment, housing or access to public spaces based on gender identity.
“We’re a very diverse city and we want to make sure everyone is protected,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said after the vote. The ordinance had previously included lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
The rewrite removed an exemption from the Dallas city charter that said property owners could deny renting rooms to same-sex couples when a housing facility contains a common bathroom, kitchen or similar facilities that would be shared by all occupants.
Just a week ago, voters in the city of Houston, Texas, rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) by a wide margin, a measure that was aimed at increasing civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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City of Dallas extends civil rights protection to transgender people
DALLAS | BY LISA MARIA GARZA
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved an amendment to its anti-discrimination ordinance on Tuesday to include protections for transgender people from being denied employment, housing or access to public spaces based on gender identity.
“We’re a very diverse city and we want to make sure everyone is protected,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said after the vote. The ordinance had previously included lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
The rewrite removed an exemption from the Dallas city charter that said property owners could deny renting rooms to same-sex couples when a housing facility contains a common bathroom, kitchen or similar facilities that would be shared by all occupants.
Just a week ago, voters in the city of Houston, Texas, rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) by a wide margin, a measure that was aimed at increasing civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/10/us-dallas-lgbt-idUSKCN0SZ2OH20151110
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