“Voters rejected the amendment by a vote of 58% to 42%. If passed, Charter Amendment 1 would have repealed existing civil rights protections for Gainesville’s gay and transgender community. For over a year, backers of the amendment have waged a fear-based campaign filled with outright lies and media campaigns that dehumanized gay and transgender people. Specifically, these extremists drew a target on the backs of transgender people with bigoted messages intended to instill fear in the hearts of Gainesville citizens.” [Equality Florida, earlier]
Florida
Gainesville FL Rejects Trans Rights Repeal
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rogue dandelion
rejecting repeals…
prop 8 double negatives catching on i see!
vote no for equality!?!
Jon B
Great News!!! It’s nice to hear about something positive for a change, even if that something positive is retaining the status quo (sad state of affairs when that is the case).
PS Change the format back!
GayIsTheWay
I’m happy.
Celia
😀
a. mcewen
It’s nice to have this win but I know the religious right won’t let the “bathroom” thing die.
rick
i gots ta pee!
this line is used both in chicago and victor/victoria.