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Title: City panel gathers information about transgender issues
Post by: Chaunte on June 20, 2009, 09:31:53 AM
LJWorld.com
Lawrence Journal-World & 6News

By Shaun Hittle

June 19, 2009

City panel gathers information about transgender issues


Members of the transgender community spoke to about 40 people Thursday night at a forum aimed at increasing awareness about transgender issues.

The forum was hosted by Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt., and followed a showing of the 2004 documentary film, "Call me Malcolm," about a transgendered seminarian student.

Several members of the city's Human Relations Commission attended the gathering as part of an information-gathering process about a proposed change to the city's anti-discrimination policy, said Commission Chair Lori Tapahonso. The commission was asked by the City Commission in May to study a proposal to add transgender identity status to the list of protected categories in the city's anti-discrimination policy.


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Sorry!  I forgot to include the url.  This is report is for Lawrence, Kansas.