Senate OKs two of three transgender rights bills

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Senate OKs two of three transgender rights bills

http://www.lvrj.com/news/senate-oks-two-of-three-transgender-rights-bills-120651564.html?ref=564
4/25/11
By Benjamin Spillman

CARSON CITY -- The state Senate on Monday approved two of three bills aimed at protecting the rights of transgendered people in Nevada.

Senate bills 368 and 331, which would outlaw anti-transgender discrimination in housing and public accommodations, were approved by votes of 13-8 and 11-10, respectively.

Senate Bill 180, which would have added "gender identity or expression" to the list of factors covered by existing hate crime statutes, failed 10-11, with Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, joining 10 Republicans in opposition.