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Title: San Antonio ordinance adds ‘gender identity,’ ‘sexual orientation’ to anti-discr
Post by: Amelia Pond on September 09, 2013, 09:29:49 AM
San Antonio ordinance adds 'gender identity,' 'sexual orientation' to anti-discrimination law (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2013/09/05/san-antonio-ordinance-adds-gender.html)
James Aldridge, Sep 5, 2013, 4:54pm CDT

San Antonio's City Council voted 8-3 to approve an ordinance its backers say is designed to protect individuals from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.

The nondiscrimination ordinance proved to be a measure that polarized America's seventh-largest city.