Local ordinance would mirror state protection
Zwire (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19361913&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555106&rfi=6)
03/06/2008
"The Code of Iowa was changed last March to include gender identity and sexual orientation as protected classes," said Tori Christie, a member of the Council Bluffs Civil Rights Commission. "Until then, if you were discriminated based on gender identity or sexual orientation, your recourses would have been limited."