Gainsville.com – By Megan Rolland – Sun staff writer
A heated and vocal response to a new Gainesville ordinance that extends rights to transgender individuals has garnered national attention.
Discussion of Monday night’s City Commission vote appeared on the much-read Drudge Report Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
These days, municipalities voting to include “gender identity” as a group of people protected from discrimination is part of a growing trend, not only in Florida but across the nation.
Last summer, both West Palm Beach and Lake Worth passed protections for transgender people, and according to their city governments, there was no protest during the implementation or problems afterward.