Council will consider adding sexual orientation, gender identity to anti-discrimination ordinance (JournalStar) 
The Lincoln City Council will consider a proposal next month to expand legal protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.
Councilman Carl Eskridge plans to propose a fairness ordinance, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes.
Now, the city uses the same classes found in federal law, offering protection in public accommodation, housing and employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, familial status, ancestry, age or marital status.
"This is an issue of fundamental fairness in terms of how we treat a segment of our population in Lincoln," he said.
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