Local group opposes gender identity ordinance

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Local group opposes gender identity ordinance

http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/07/15/news/local/080715_ordinance.txt

At a glance

    * Citizens for Good Public Policy has filed a petition to repeal Gainesville's Anti-Discrimination Gender Identity Ordinance
    * The ordinance makes it illegal to discriminate against a person based on gender identity and allows a person to use a restroom or shower facility consistent with his or her gender identity
    * City Commissioner Jeanna Mastrodicasa said repealing the ordinance would also affect other anti-discrimination ordinances

By CHRISTOPHER MYERS, Alligator Writer
The community organization Citizens for Good Public Policy filed a petition to place a repeal of Gainesville's Anti-Discrimination–Gender Identity Ordinance on the next city election ballot.