DALLAS: Voters Add Protections For LGBT City Employees To Municipal Charter

Via Lone Star Q:

Dallas voters overwhelmingly added nondiscrimination protections for LGBT city employees to the City Charter on Tuesday. With all 430 precincts reporting, 77 percent of voters supported adding both “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” to the City Charter, with only 23 percent opposed, according to unofficial election results. The City Charter, also referred to as the city constitution, is the document that gives the city the right to govern by the state of Texas, according to the city’s website. Dallas already prohibited discrimination against city employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in its equal employment opportunity policy.

Take THAT, Houston.