Gainesville Transgender Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Referendum (2009)
From Ballotpedia
A Gainesville Transgender Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Referendum will appear on the March 24, 2009 ballot in Gainesville, Florida as a veto referendum to overturn a gender identity provision added in 2008 to Gainesville's anti-discrimination ordinance. The repeal measure would also prevent the city commission from adding protections beyond what Florida anti-discrimination state statutes require: race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability and marital status.
The new ordinance allows the city's roughly 100 transgender residents to use whichever restroom they're most comfortable using.[1]
The Gainesville city commission approved the restroom provision by a 4-3 vote in the spring of 2008.
Supporters of repeal
The group supporting the repeal is called "Citizens for Good Public Policy." They collected more than 6,000 signatures in the summer of 2008 to put the question on the ballot.[2]
Opponents of repeal
Opponents of the repeal include:
- The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which says that 108 cities and counties nationwide have similar transgender protections.
- A group called "Equality is Gainesville's Business".
See also
- Kalamazoo Discrimination Protection for Gays Referendum (2009)
- Montgomery County Gender Identity Referendum (2008)
External links
- Equality is Gainesville's Business--supporters of transgender anti-discrimination ordinance
- Citizens for Good Public Policy--opponents of the anti-discrimination ordinance
