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Gay Rights Activists Unhappy With DART’s New Anti-Discrimination Policy

DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) board members are poised to give final approval to a policy that purports to prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of gender identity – as recommended by the transit agency's executive staff and sought by area gay rights groups. However, gay rights activists claim that because of a one-word switch in the new language, approved 11-2 in a committee of the whole meeting on June 15, the new policy would in fact extend no new protections to transgendered employees. What's more, they say it would strip away protections for gay and lesbian employees found in the existing board policy. Click here to read more.
 
 



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