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Title: Pinellas to consider extending protections to transgender people
Post by: Amelia Pond on August 05, 2013, 09:20:44 PM
Post by: Amelia Pond on August 05, 2013, 09:20:44 PM
Pinellas to consider extending protections to transgender people
Anna M. Phillips, August 5, 2013 7:00pm
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/pinellas-to-consider-extending-protections-to-transgender-people/2134953 (http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/pinellas-to-consider-extending-protections-to-transgender-people/2134953)
Five years after they banned housing and employment discrimination against gays and lesbians, Pinellas County commissioners are considering extending the law's protections to include transgender people.
On Tuesday, the board is set to vote on whether to hold a public hearing to amend its human rights ordinance, replacing the word "sex" with "gender." The move, which several commissioners said has a majority of the board's support, would make transgender people — those who identify with a different gender than the one listed on their birth certificates — a protected group, a status they already have in cities such as Gulfport and Dunedin, and in a handful of other counties in Florida.
The proposed change would give transgender people the means to protest being fired from a job or denied housing because of discrimination. It would also permit them to use public accommodations such as bathrooms and locker rooms designated for the sex with which they identify.
Anna M. Phillips, August 5, 2013 7:00pm
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/pinellas-to-consider-extending-protections-to-transgender-people/2134953 (http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/pinellas-to-consider-extending-protections-to-transgender-people/2134953)
Five years after they banned housing and employment discrimination against gays and lesbians, Pinellas County commissioners are considering extending the law's protections to include transgender people.
On Tuesday, the board is set to vote on whether to hold a public hearing to amend its human rights ordinance, replacing the word "sex" with "gender." The move, which several commissioners said has a majority of the board's support, would make transgender people — those who identify with a different gender than the one listed on their birth certificates — a protected group, a status they already have in cities such as Gulfport and Dunedin, and in a handful of other counties in Florida.
The proposed change would give transgender people the means to protest being fired from a job or denied housing because of discrimination. It would also permit them to use public accommodations such as bathrooms and locker rooms designated for the sex with which they identify.
Title: Pinellas moves forward with transgender protections
Post by: Amelia Pond on August 06, 2013, 06:39:33 PM
Post by: Amelia Pond on August 06, 2013, 06:39:33 PM
Pinellas moves forward with transgender protections
Kate Bradshaw, Tampa Tribune, August 6, 2013
http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/pinellas-moves-forward-with-transgender-protections-20130806/ (http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/pinellas-moves-forward-with-transgender-protections-20130806/)
Legal protections for transgender people moved forward today, as Pinellas County commissioners unanimously voted to take up a measure that would amend the county's human rights ordinance to include gender identity and expression.
If commissioners approve the measure on Aug. 20, the word "sex" in the county's human rights ordinance would change to "gender" to include those who identify with a different gender. It would make it illegal for most organizations in the county to deny employment or services to individuals based on their gender identities.
Despite Tuesday's unanimous vote, there may be a battle brewing over how far protections for transgender people should go.
Kate Bradshaw, Tampa Tribune, August 6, 2013
http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/pinellas-moves-forward-with-transgender-protections-20130806/ (http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/pinellas-moves-forward-with-transgender-protections-20130806/)
Legal protections for transgender people moved forward today, as Pinellas County commissioners unanimously voted to take up a measure that would amend the county's human rights ordinance to include gender identity and expression.
If commissioners approve the measure on Aug. 20, the word "sex" in the county's human rights ordinance would change to "gender" to include those who identify with a different gender. It would make it illegal for most organizations in the county to deny employment or services to individuals based on their gender identities.
Despite Tuesday's unanimous vote, there may be a battle brewing over how far protections for transgender people should go.