Gender identity rights on Broward agenda

MiamiHerald.com – By Breanne Gilpatrick

Broward County will decide Tuesday whether to join a growing number of counties that ban discrimination against transgender residents.

Stares from strangers. Remarks about how ”weird” she looks. Even getting kicked out of bars and restaurants.

Nikki Hatch, who had surgery to become a woman last October, has endured it all. But she worries about being accepted in a place closer to home: her future condominium association.

”I’m wondering, are they going to let me in because I’m transgender?” said Hatch, 54.