Bill to ban transgender discrimination in the workplace advances

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Bill to ban transgender discrimination in the workplace advances

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/11/bill-ban-transgender-discrimination-workplace-adva/
5/11/11
By Cy Ryan

CARSON CITY – By an 11-10 vote, the Senate has passed a bill to prohibit discrimination on the job against transgender workers.

Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, said the protection would be added to the list of categories that can be investigated by state Equal Rights Commission.

"Transgender individuals are persons who identify with a gender opposite of which they were born and who express their gender in ways that may not be considered typical," Parks said.