DART board set to include gender identity in nondiscrimination policy

Dan82 · Jun 23, 2010

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062210dnmetdart.1e48060.html

DART board members appear likely today to change the wording of the agency's proposed nondiscrimination policy to explicitly prohibit employment decisions based on gender identity.

It takes two votes to change a board policy, and last week members voted 11-2 to adopt protections for transgender employees – but only after a last-minute wording change created a loophole that some say is large enough to gut the new protections altogether.

Key political figures, including Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, urged the board to remove any ambiguities about the new policy. And some board members said late last week they were prepared to amend the wording to make the protections clear.
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DART board set to include gender identity in nondiscrimination policy

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