Gender Equality Killed & Revived (Maybe)
February 8th, 2016 by Mike Vasilinda
For the first time in four decades, Florida lawmakers today heard legislation prohibiting discrimination against gay and transgender people. For more than an hour, Senators asked questions, including whether the legislation would change how people use public restrooms. Carlos Smith of Equality Florida calls the legislation historic.
“A lot of people don’t realize that it is currently totally legal to refuse service, to refuse housing, or even refuse employment or fire someone simply because they are gay or transgender., This bill finally offers those existing protections under the Florida Civil Rights Act so that everyone is treated fairly.”
The legislation was voted down, but then saved by a parliamentary procedure that could bring the idea back up at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s next meeting.
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