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Title: Detroit Bans Anti-Transgender Discrimination! [blog]
Post by: Shana A on April 09, 2008, 08:53:24 PM
Detroit Bans Anti-Transgender Discrimination!
Filed by: Sean Kosofsky
April 9, 2008 3:53 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/04/detroit_bans_antitransgender_discriminat.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/04/detroit_bans_antitransgender_discriminat.php)

The 11th largest city in the country just banned anti-transgender discrimination.

After a grueling 2 hours of other council business, I emerged from the Detroit City Council meeting with good news. The Council voted 8-1 in support of amending the City's human rights ordinance to include "gender identity or expression."