Broward County bans gender identity discrimination
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02/12/2008
This afternoon, Broward County became the tenth municipality in Florida to ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression to the Human Rights Ordinance.
Broward OK's transgender rights
Broward County has made it illegal to discriminate against its transgender residents, and supporters hope the silence from opponents on Tuesday means they don't plan to fight the change.
Posted on Wed, Feb. 13, 2008
BY BREANNE GILPATRICK
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/417091.html (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/417091.html)
One woman shares her story about being too afraid to tell police about the two men who beat her for being transgender.
Another holds up a photo of her 7-year-old daughter and wonders what's going to happen when her classmates find out she started life as a boy.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtransgender0213sbfeb13193517,0,244900.story (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtransgender0213sbfeb13193517,0,244900.story)
Broward expands human rights ordinance to include transgenders
Broward expands human rights ordinance to include gender identity
By Scott Wyman | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
February 13, 2008
Transgender residents of Broward County are now protected from discrimination in the workplace and housing, as well as in public venues from restaurants to hospitals.
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http://www.local10.com/news/15290228/detail.html (http://www.local10.com/news/15290228/detail.html)
Broward Outlaws Transgender Discrimination
County Commissioners Unanimously Approve Transgender Rights
POSTED: 10:20 am EST February 13, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Tobias Packer takes after his father. Those eyes. That smile. Only Packer wasn't born a man.