Last week, the Fort Worth police department cleared the officers involved in the Stonewall-style raid of the Rainbow lounge of excessive force charges.
Imagine that. However, the Fort Worth City Council promised to look into ways of further protecting LGBT people. And, somewhat surprisingly, it looks like the City Council made good on its promise:
The City Council voted 6-3 late Tuesday to expand its anti-discrimination ordinance to include transgender people, capping a marathon debate over a series of gay-rights proposals that were forwarded after a controversial inspection of a gay bar.
The vote dealt only with one facet of the proposals: expanding the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance to include transgender people. The ordinance already prevented discrimination based on race, sex, religion or sexual orientation.
Of course, it wasn’t as easy as all that. More than 200 people packed the council chambers to take part in what looked to be pretty heated debate, both inside and outside the chambers:
There were no arrests or major physical altercations, but there was plenty of taunting and some heated verbal exchanges. Participants from both sides later accused the other of elbowing and pushing, and one of the counterprotesters admitted to ripping a gay Pride flag.
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