Largo letters: Ordinance should protect all residents
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/article429730.eceJanice Josephine Carney
Published Monday, March 24, 2008 5:05 PM
Human rights law has its foes story, March 14
Ordinance should protect us all
A human rights ordinance, or HRO, will be a good thing for Pinellas County. A key, though, in a good, working HRO is inclusion of the terms "gender identity" and "gender expression."
Most discrimination in housing and employment aimed at the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender population is based on appearance. All too often, men that appear as female or women that present as male are targeted for discrimination. This is why our transgender citizens, especially, are in need of this law.
