{"id":27750,"date":"2015-11-11T08:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T13:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/dallas-takes-action-to-protect-trans-people-from-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T08:20:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T13:20:51","slug":"dallas-takes-action-to-protect-trans-people-from-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/dallas-takes-action-to-protect-trans-people-from-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Takes Action To Protect Trans People From Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Dallas Takes Action To Protect Trans People From Discrimination<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"embed-asset\" data-provider=\"Embed\" data-title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dallas has a message for the rest of the world: We&#8217;re not Houston.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Just one week after Houston voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/houston-equal-rights-ordinance_5638de92e4b00a4d2e0bee4e\" target=\"_blank\">rejected a nondiscrimination law<\/a>, the Dallas City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday morning to update a city ordinance to explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a very diverse city,&#8221; Mayor Mike Rawlings said, according to the New Civil Rights Movement. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/johnwright\/after_hero_defeat_in_houston_dallas_strengthens_transgender_protections\" target=\"_blank\">We want to make sure everyone&#8217;s protected<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Members of the transgender community in Dallas celebrated Tuesday&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To see somebody stick up for us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/story\/news\/local\/dallas-county\/2015\/11\/11\/supporters-applaud-while-critics-cry-foul-on-dallas-updated-anti-discrimination-ordinance\/75559012\/\" target=\"_blank\">makes me feel good<\/a>,&#8221;&nbsp;Leslie McMurray, a transgender entrepreneur who works in the city, told WFAA.&nbsp;&#8220;It&#8217;s about employment and housing and access to health care&#8230; things that just allow us to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The move stands in sharp contrast to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/houston-equal-rights-ordinance_5638de92e4b00a4d2e0bee4e\" target=\"_blank\">defeat of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) last week<\/a>, which saw opponents using scare tactics such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/houston-lgbt-vote_563a535ae4b0307f2caba1cc\" target=\"_blank\">claiming the measure would allow male sexual predators to use the women&#8217;s room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the entire United States, no one has been arrested for being transgender in a bathroom because somebody was threatened by a transgender person,&#8221;&nbsp;Patti Fink of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance told Fox4 News. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/46710618-story\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s never happened<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the Dallas measure took to Twitter to claim that it was done secretly and with no public notice. Don Huffines, a state senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/bill-sen-don-huffines-undo-local-lgbt-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\">who has tried to outlaw nondiscrimination ordinances such as the one in Dallas<\/a>,&nbsp;called it a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonHuffines\/status\/664151219489763328\" target=\"_blank\">sneak attack<\/a>&#8221; and wrote:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"embed-asset\" data-provider=\"Embed\" data-title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Repeal Dallas&rsquo; new LGBT ordinance immediately. It was not reviewed or thoughtfully considered by the public.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Don Huffines (@DonHuffines) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonHuffines\/status\/664152449301639168\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, city officials say it had been under discussion for a year. Councilman Philip Kingston fired off a sharp retort, bluntly telling Huffines to &#8220;stop lying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"embed-asset\" data-provider=\"Embed\" data-title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Went through a year of public discussion and makes no change to the existing public policy of Dallas. Stop lying <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IIhFU0uVgK\">t.co\/IIhFU0uVgK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philip Kingston (@PhilipTKingston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipTKingston\/status\/664158564756275200\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In fact, the ordinance was actually passed in 2002 and already offered protections based on&nbsp;&#8220;an individual&rsquo;s real or perceived orientation as heterosexual, homosexual, or <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cityhallblog.dallasnews.com\/2015\/11\/dallas-city-council-unanimously-oks-adding-transgender-protections-to-anti-bias-ordinance.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">or an individual&rsquo;s real or perceived gender identity<\/a>,&#8221; according to the Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s move tweaked the language, separating sexual orientation from gender identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said the change in language strengthens protections for members of the city&#8217;s transgender community.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the wake of a vicious campaign in Houston that attacked transgender people and led to the repeal of common sense protections, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/entry\/dallas-city-council-votes-to-strengthen-non-discrimination-protections-for\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas today sent a vital message that they will fight to protect and advance the rights of transgender people<\/a>,&#8221;&nbsp;Griffin said in a news release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Across the state, business leaders in Houston are worried that fallout from the HERO defeat combined with Dallas strengthening its protections for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people could have financial ramifications for the city.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The concern now is that we&rsquo;re the only major city in Texas that doesn&#8217;t have an equal rights ordinance,&#8221;&nbsp;Mike Waterman, president of the Greater Houston Conventions and Visitors Bureau, told the Houston Business Journal.&nbsp;&#8220;By default, that puts us at a disadvantage, and my counterpart in Dallas has already indicated [in local media]&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/morning_call\/2015\/11\/houston-tourism-sees-first-impact-after-hero.html\" target=\"_blank\">that businesses can come to Dallas because they have an equal rights ordinance<\/a>. So it&rsquo;s possible that other cities could exploit the fact that we don&rsquo;t have an equal rights ordinance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Omar Narvaez, a member of the Dallas LGBT Task Force, put it more succinctly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2015\/11\/10\/dallas-may-add-transgender-people-to-anti-discrimination-ordinance\/\" target=\"_blank\">We don&rsquo;t stand for discrimination in the city of Dallas<\/a>,&#8221;&nbsp;he told the local CBS station. &#8220;And we haven&rsquo;t for many, many years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Also on HuffPost:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/terms.html\/\">terms.<\/a> It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/rc\/1\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/rc\/1\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/rc\/2\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/rc\/2\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/rc\/3\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/rc\/3\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/adchoice.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/ach.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/adchoice.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/ach.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi2.feedsportal.com\/r\/244157942427\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/a2t2.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/mf.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/l\/0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0C20A150C110C110Cdallas0Etrans0Eprotection0In0I85311620Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fgay0Evoices0Gir0FGay0KVoices\/story01.htm\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/4b69a4cc\/sc\/28\/l\/0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0C20A150C110C110Cdallas0Etrans0Eprotection0In0I85311620Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fgay0Evoices0Gir0FGay0KVoices\/story01.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Takes Action To Protect Trans People From Discrimination Dallas has a message for the rest of the world: We&#8217;re not Houston.&nbsp; Just one week after Houston voters rejected a nondiscrimination law, the Dallas City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday morning to update a city ordinance to explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of gender &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/dallas-takes-action-to-protect-trans-people-from-discrimination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dallas Takes Action To Protect Trans People From Discrimination<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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