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Title: Rolling Back Civil Protections For Transgender People In Ohio
Post by: Shana A on January 22, 2011, 12:08:17 PM
Post by: Shana A on January 22, 2011, 12:08:17 PM
Rolling Back Civil Protections For Transgender People In Ohio
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Jan 22, 2011 at 12:45:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18497/rolling-back-civil-protections-for-transgender-people-in-ohio (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18497/rolling-back-civil-protections-for-transgender-people-in-ohio)
When you hear and see, as I do, the phrase "Bathroom Bill" used every time an antidiscrimination bill or ordinance comes up for a local, state, or federal piece of legislation that includes gender identity or expression, you may conclude -- as I do conclude -- that transgender people having become the most visible boogiemen of social conservatives.
So maybe I shouldn't be surprised to have read this from a January 14, 2011 article by the Gay People's Chronicle, entitled Kasich lets LGBT job bias rule expire:
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Neither Ohio nor federal law provides any protection from anyone being fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Jan 22, 2011 at 12:45:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18497/rolling-back-civil-protections-for-transgender-people-in-ohio (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18497/rolling-back-civil-protections-for-transgender-people-in-ohio)
When you hear and see, as I do, the phrase "Bathroom Bill" used every time an antidiscrimination bill or ordinance comes up for a local, state, or federal piece of legislation that includes gender identity or expression, you may conclude -- as I do conclude -- that transgender people having become the most visible boogiemen of social conservatives.
So maybe I shouldn't be surprised to have read this from a January 14, 2011 article by the Gay People's Chronicle, entitled Kasich lets LGBT job bias rule expire:
[...]
Neither Ohio nor federal law provides any protection from anyone being fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Title: Re: Rolling Back Civil Protections For Transgender People In Ohio
Post by: meh on January 22, 2011, 02:27:37 PM
Post by: meh on January 22, 2011, 02:27:37 PM
I hate Ohio soooooooooo much.
I thought we'd even be able to change our gender marker on our birth certificate soon too.
Guess not.
I thought we'd even be able to change our gender marker on our birth certificate soon too.
Guess not.