Born In A Trunk In Pocatello

The town of Pocatello, Idaho has approved a bill that protects LGBT residents from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations. A similar bill had deadlocked the city council 3-3 in April.

Voting for the ordinance that contains only three modifications compared to one that failed in April were Roger Bray, Gary Moore, Steve Brown and Eva Nye. Those opposed were councilmen Craig Cooper and Jim Johnston. Language added to the ordinance that would have called for gender identification based on state driver's licenses or official IDs in restrooms and locker rooms and an exemption for all employers with five or fewer employes were pulled before the bill passed. An addition to the April ordinance language was made early Friday morning as the Thursday council meeting went past midnight.

While Idaho provides no state level protections for LGBT citizens, Pocatello now joins the towns of Boise, Sandpoint, Ketchum, Moscow and Coeur d’Alene in doing so.