City vote focuses on gender

Gainesville.com – By Megan Rolland – Sun staff writer

The City of Gainesville is one vote away from joining a list of six cities and counties in Florida that have passed anti-discrimination policies protecting transgender people.
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Tonight, commissioners will discuss the ordinance to include the words “gender identity” into a list of protected classes of people, which already includes, among other things, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.

The issue isn’t without controversy, however, as city commissioners were barraged by e-mails expressing both support and disgust over the issue.