{"id":3353,"date":"2025-10-14T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3353\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:34:07","slug":"virginia-city-could-be-first-in-nation-to-rescind-lgbtq-anti-discrimination-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3353\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia city could be first in nation to rescind LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections"},"content":{"rendered":"

A city in Virginia <\/a>could become the first in the nation to reverse its anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people.<\/p>\n

The Arlington City Council will vote on a revised ordinance<\/a> Tuesday evening, obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/a>, which would remove \u201cGender Identity and Expression\u201d and \u201cSexual Orientation\u201d as protected groups. The vote comes after the council temporarily suspended the clause in September due to threats from Donald Trump<\/a>‘s administration.<\/p>\n

Arlington’s current anti-discrimination ordinance prohibits \u201cany direct or indirect exclusion, distinction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial, or other differentiation in the treatment of a person or persons because of a race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump officials threatened early last month to revoke $65 million in federal grant money from the city if it did not remove language related to diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a> from its municipal code. Both Arlington and Fort Worth subsequently voted to end their DEI programs and rewrite ordinances to exclude phrases related to race and gender.<\/p>\n

Related: Trump administration denies federal funding to Virginia schools that treat trans students with dignity <\/a><\/p>\n

The Trump administration has also threatened to withhold funding from five school districts in the state \u2014 Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William \u2014 that have inclusive policies for transgender <\/a>students, such as allowing students to use bathrooms and locker rooms aligning with their gender identity. All five school districts have stated that they will not change their policies.<\/p>\n

While Trump has signed executive orders against DEI,<\/a> and declaring that there are only two sexes and trans people don’t exist<\/a> against medical and scientific consensus, these orders are not law and have been partially blocked by a federal court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iowa removed gender identity <\/a>from its state Civil Rights Act in February, making it the first state in the country to take away rights from a group previously protected in law. If the ordinance in Arlington passes, it would be the first individual city to do so.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Advocate: Virginia city could be first in nation to rescind LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections<\/a><\/p>\n

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