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Title: Columbia SC Passes Trans Rights Bill
Post by: Shana A on March 06, 2008, 08:20:36 AM
Columbia SC Passes Trans Rights Bill
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

Posted: March 5, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET

http://365gay.com/Newscon08/03/030508sc.htm (http://365gay.com/Newscon08/03/030508sc.htm)

(Columbia, South Carolina) Columbia, South Carolina on Wednesday became the first municipality in the state to enact laws protecting gays and transgendereds.

City Council voted unanimously to pass the ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in housing and public accommodations.