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IN ABSENCE OF FEDERAL LAW AGAINST LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION, OPENLY LGBTQ MAYORS ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

IN ABSENCE OF FEDERAL LAW AGAINST LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION, OPENLY LGBTQ MAYORS ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

by Gabrielle Bienasz | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics

In 2009, Carrboro, North Carolina Alderman Lydia Lavelle asked the state legislature for permission to include LGBTQ people in Carrboro’s laws banning housing discrimination. Lawmakers said no. North Carolina’s statewide anti-discrimination law does not include...

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