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Petition drive seeks employer discrimination protection for GLBT community

By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.05.2008
PHOENIX — A state legislator started a petition drive Friday to forbid all employers from discriminating against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals.
Existing law prohibits discrimination based on a number of factors, including sex. The initiative by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, would define that term to also include gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation.
Sinema needs 153,365 signatures by July 3 to put the issue on the November ballot.
The legislator, who describes herself as bisexual, said she intends to start gathering signatures immediately.
Read more in Sunday's Arizona Daily Star