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Chicago- Trans ordinance sets off EQIL, TCRA fallout

Started by SandraJane, April 20, 2012, 10:44:17 AM

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April 20, 2012, 10:44:17 AM




Trans ordinance sets off EQIL, TCRA fallout


by Kate Sosin, Windy City Times | 2012-04-18


http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Trans-ordinance-sets-off-EQIL-TCRA-fallout/37331.html


A transgender ordinance introduced to the City Council more than a month ago has set off a sparring match between local LGBT organizations, after some groups announced they were pulling support for the ordinance.

Equality Illinois announced on April 17 that it was ceasing support for a long-anticipated ordinance that would have created protocol for police in handling transgender detainees.

The ordinance was introduced to City Council in March by Ald. Proco Joe Moreno, after talks with LGBT organization The Civil Rights Agenda ( TCRA ) .

Some say the ordinance, backed by an LGBT coalition of more than 30 groups, was not the same document that groups had agreed upon, and that it lacked the teeth to make it enforceable.
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