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Resident urges council to adopt local LGBTQIA+ nondiscrimination code and create a human rights commission
Summary
Resident and advocate Brandon West asked council to advance two ordinances creating LGBTQIA+ nondiscrimination protections and a human rights commission; council voted to read his submitted letter aloud during the meeting with one dissenting vote.
Brandon West, a Lorain resident and longtime advocate, asked City Council to consider two draft ordinances he submitted: one to create a new "part 18" civil rights and human dignity code that would add nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQIA+ people, and a second to establish a human rights commission to investigate discrimination complaints. Council voted to read West's email correspondence aloud during the meeting; the motion to read the…
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