The bill extends protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations to those discriminated against due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. - NBCOUT
City Council member Kathy Ottersten, one of the bill’s sponsors, pushed back on the conservative groups’ claims that the ordinance would provide “special protections” or “create special rights.” She said the ordinance simply seeks to provide LGBTQ people the same rights and protections that other Fairbanks residents enjoy.
Ottersten said “dozens” of Fairbanks residents have come forward to say they’ve been denied medical treatment, fired or refused housing because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Ordinance 6093 gives LGBTQ people who experience discrimination the ability to seek legal recourse. Because Alaska — like 29 other states — does not enumerate protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, victims often have nowhere else to go.
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