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Iowa City Human Rights Commission adopts statement condemning removal of gender identity protections under Iowa law
Summary
The commission approved a public statement condemning the Iowa legislature's removal of gender identity as a protected characteristic under the Iowa Civil Rights Act; commissioners asked for a brief chapeau with current statistics to accompany release.
The Iowa City Human Rights Commission voted to approve and release a statement condemning the removal of gender identity as a protected characteristic under the Iowa Civil Rights Act at its April 22 meeting.
The motion approved at the meeting directs release of the commission’s drafted statement, which includes language that “Iowa City Human Rights Commission condemns this legislation in the strongest manner possible, removing equal rights from any group of people is antithetical to the American ideal and way of life. We are ashamed this is the direction the Iowa legislature is moving…
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