The Lawrence Human Relations Commission will host a forum to learn more about gender identity issues faced by the community. The public is invited to provide input on the topic at the forum on Saturday, August 29 from 10 a.m. to noon in the City Commission Room at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth Street.
The public forum is part of the research and community discussion undertaken by the Human Relations Commission as it works to make a recommendation to the City Commission later this year on a request to extend the city's human rights code to include protections for persons that have gender identity issues.
Individuals unable to attend Saturdays forum may provide input to Legal Director Toni Wheeler at (785) 832-3404 or twheeler@ci.lawrence.ks.us
In March, Lawrence City Commissioners requested the Human Relations Commission to prepare a report in response to a request from Lawrence-Douglas County Chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition to revise Chapter X of the Human Rights Ordinance of the City Code to include gender identity as a protected category.
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