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Shreveport adopts LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
SHREVEPORT, La. — The Shreveport City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of a proposal to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its list of protected classes.
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Butte, Mont., drafting LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance
BUTTE, Mont. — The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners has asked the county attorney to draft an ordinance that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Task force says city should not hold a public vote on LGBT rights ordinance
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield, Mo., task force recommends the city not hold a public vote on any ordinance regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, saying it could create divisions and harm the city’s reputation.
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Royal Oak, Mich., voters uphold LGBT-inclusive human rights ordinance
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Voters in Royal Oak, Mich., have passed Proposal A, upholding a Human Rights Ordinance the Royal Oak Commission passed in March of this year.
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Idaho town’s LGBT non-discrimination law to face ballot referendum
POCATELLO, Idaho — Opponents of a recently passed LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance have gathered the required signatures to force a May 2014 referendum in hopes voters in Pocatello, Idaho, will repeal the measure.
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Mich. town approves LGBT rights law, may push state to do the same
DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Suburban Lansing officials have voted to extend civil rights protection to gay people, and they’re debating whether to ask Michigan to do the same.
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Sacramento city council committee advances transgender rights ordinance
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento city council committee on Tuesday voted to advance a measure that would add gender identity to the city’s non-discrimination law.
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Petition drive to repeal San Antonio LGBT non-discrimination ordinance fails
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An effort to repeal San Antonio’s LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance died Tuesday when opponents of the measure failed to gather the required signature to put a referendum before voters.
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Houston mayor: Passing a non-discrimination law is ‘something we should do’
HOUSTON — San Antonio’s recent passage of an LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance leaves Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city, as the only major metropolitan area in Texas without its own citywide ordinance, and mayor Annise Parker says the city should follow suit.
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San Antonio officials targeted for recall for supporting LGBT protections
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A group of Texas Republicans and religious conservatives are pushing efforts to recall San Antonio city council members who voted in favor of a recently expanded non-discrimination ordinance that includes protections based on seual orientation and gender identity.