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Title: Local group opposes gender identity ordinance
Post by: Shana A on July 15, 2008, 06:15:22 AM
Post by: Shana A on July 15, 2008, 06:15:22 AM
Local group opposes gender identity ordinance
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/07/15/news/local/080715_ordinance.txt (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.
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/07/15/news/local/080715_ordinance.txt (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.