Following a 4 - 3 vote this evening (Sept. 11) from the Maplewood City Council, Maplewood became the seventh city in St. Louis County that has remedied the exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens from their nondiscrimination protections and extends these protections to more than 8,000 residents.
In most parts of Missouri, hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens face the constant reality that they could be fired from their job and denied housing and access to public accommodations simply for being LGBT. Through the leadership of Councilman Tim Dunn, who sponsored the introduction of the ordinance, Maplewood joins a growing list of cities, including Saint Louis City, Kansas City, Columbia, Jackson County, University City, Olivette, Clayton, Richmond Heights, Creve Coeur, and Ferguson who have extended protections fully inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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