Anchorage Prepares To Vote On Anti-Discrimination Proposition
By Daysha Eaton, KSKA - Anchorage | March 14, 2012 - 5:33 pm
http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/03/14/anchorage-prepares-to-vote-on-anti-discrimination-proposition/The next Anchorage Municipal Election is set for April 3, and the most talked about measure on the ballot is Proposition 5. It aims to amend the city's municipal code to add legal protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender identity.
Today Drew Phoenix lives in a ranch style house in the Cheney Lake neighborhood on the East side of Anchorage.
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But finding a place to live wasn't always so easy. The slim redhead, sporting black-rimmed glasses, khaki pants and button up shirt moved to Anchorage a few years ago to work at a non-profit. When he arrived he applied to rent several apartments.
"Each of the three times, I qualified in every way possible and then they found out about my being transgender and then the conversation stopped," Phoenix said.
