Advocate.com
The Palm Beach County, Fla., legislature, on a vote of 6–1, approved a measure Tuesday that would specifically protect the rights of transgender people, according to a report on the Web site Out in Miami. The “yes” vote was split between three Democrats and three Republicans, while another Democrat voted against it.
The county board of commissioners must vote on the legislation twice more before the law can go into effect.
Board vice chair Jeff Koons proposed to alter Palm Beach’s Equal Employment Ordinance and the Fair Housing Ordinance to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or expression, the newspaper reports.