I'm always amazed when small towns are this forward thinking, as compared to Congress.
It took more than a two-hour discussion that ranged from restrooms to rights to religion, but Lawrence city commissioners late Tuesday approved a controversial provision providing new legal protections to people who are transgender.City Commissioner Mike Amyx voted against the ordinance. So,
On a 4-1 vote, commissioners agreed to add gender identity to the list of protected classes in the city’s anti-discrimination code. The new language will make it illegal for employers, landlords and most businesses to discriminate against people who are transgender or don’t identify with the gender of their birth.
if you can, send an email of thanks to the other city commissioners via this site, and tell Mike Amyx you're disappointed, or even better, use the phone numbers there to call them and effusively thank the others. You know the bad calls are contacting them, they need to hear thanks as well.
