For Immediate Release
Contact: L. Michael Gipson, MS
Organization: Equality Michigan
Telephone: 313-537-7000 ext. 105
Email: mgipson@equalitymi.org
Forty Michigan cities and townships now ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Detroit, MI -- Since neither state nor federal law currently prohibits anti-LGBTQ discrimination, Michigan communities have been stepping up to fill the gap and protect their LGBTQ residents and visitors for many years. This week, the cities of Howell and Portage joined the growing list of local units of government in Michigan that have adopted comprehensive nondiscrimination ordinances. All told, there are now 40 Michigan cities and townships with ordinances prohibiting discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations. An additional five communities provide some form of partial protection for LGBTQ people. Equality Michigan lauded the passage of these ordinances.
June 29, 2016