Boone Town Council Votes Unanimously for Equality—Twice!
3/20/2009 - Last night the Boone town council unanimously passed two important items affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The first policy prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for city employees, making Boone the third North Carolina municipality to include gender identity protections. The second vote was on a resolution opposing the state marriage discrimination constitutional amendment.
Boone is a little more welcoming after the town council voted on two fairness measures.
"We applaud the Boone council members and community leaders who stood up for fairness and equality," said Ian Palmquist, Executive Director of Equality NC. "It's time for more communities and our state government to make sure that no North Carolinians suffer from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. We also celebrate their strong stand against putting anti-gay discrimination into our state constitution."
Boone follows the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in adopting gender identity-inclusive policies for their workers. Several other city and county governments include sexual orientation in their policies.
