Post by Logan on Feb 3, 2016 3:42:05 GMT -6
Charlotte is again weighing LGBT protections. Here’s what the rules would do.
The debate in Charlotte over adding legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender residents has begun again, less than a year after the City Council narrowly rejected expanding its non-discrimination ordinance in a divisive 6-5 vote.
Almost all of the public debate has focused on the “bathroom issue,” in which transgender residents would be able to use the restroom for the gender with which they identify.
That will likely be the most controversial part of expanding an existing nondiscrimination ordinance again. Council members are scheduled to discuss the issue Monday, though a vote wouldn’t take place until later this month or in March.
But expanding the ordinance also includes other provisions. Here is what it would do:
Q: What is in place today?
A: The proposal is to expand the city’s existing nondiscrimination ordinance, which was first passed in 1968 – four years after the landmark federal Civil Rights Act.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article58005098.html
The debate in Charlotte over adding legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender residents has begun again, less than a year after the City Council narrowly rejected expanding its non-discrimination ordinance in a divisive 6-5 vote.
Almost all of the public debate has focused on the “bathroom issue,” in which transgender residents would be able to use the restroom for the gender with which they identify.
That will likely be the most controversial part of expanding an existing nondiscrimination ordinance again. Council members are scheduled to discuss the issue Monday, though a vote wouldn’t take place until later this month or in March.
But expanding the ordinance also includes other provisions. Here is what it would do:
Q: What is in place today?
A: The proposal is to expand the city’s existing nondiscrimination ordinance, which was first passed in 1968 – four years after the landmark federal Civil Rights Act.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article58005098.html