Thursday, April 20, 2006

Bloomington enacts protections for transgender people

According to the Indianapolis Star, Bloomington passed the proposal last night to protect transgender people.

Under the amendment, gender identity is defined as "a person's actual or perceived gender-related attributes, self-image, appearance, expression or behavior, whether or not such characteristics differ from those traditionally associated with the person's assigned sex at birth."

It may be interesting to see it there is any reaction from other groups across the country but apparently there was only one person at the meeing who voiced opposition before the vote this week. While some people may have a problem with the ordinance it doesn't seem like it should effect the majority of the residents of Bloomington. I can't imagine that this is a very large problem, and the thought is really to treat every one equally. It is really designed to add protection to those people who may not be covered under the gender protections.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/LOCAL/604200491

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