Dallas County ads trans protections

[The Philosopher]

from the Dallas Voice

After listening to more than 30 minutes of public comments in favor of the proposal, the Dallas County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 along party lines Tuesday to add transgender protections to the county’s employment nondiscrimination policy.

About a dozen people from the LGBT community addressed the Commissioners Court prior to the vote, which came five weeks after the court voted unanimously to add sexual orientation but not gender identity/expression to the policy covering the county’s 7,000 workers. Despite rumors over the last few days, no one spoke against the proposal.

Commissioner John Wiley Price provided the third and decisive vote in favor of transgender protections, joining fellow Democrats County Judge Clay Jenkins and Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia. Republican Commissioners Maurine Dickey and Mike Cantrell voted against the transgender protections.

LGBT advocates who attended Tuesday’s meeting erupted in applause after the dramatic vote, and they gathered on the steps of the county administration building for an impromptu celebration moments later.

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[xchrom]

1. Excellent! Nt

[WhiteTara]

2. your headline

made me read the article. There are two (2) spellings for the word ad...one is short for ADvertisment and the other means to ADD to the equation.

When I first read your headline, I thought there was some sort of advertisement about trans protection. Nice to know that the city has added protection for another group of maligned citizens. Thanks for posting.

[The Philosopher]

3. Just copying and pasting.

[WhiteTara]

4. Newspaper Headline Writers are getting worse

now they can't even spell!