ORDINANCE NO. __________, SERIES 2026
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CREATE NEW SECTIONS 39.400, 39.401, 39.402, 39.403, AND 39.404 TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAFE HAVEN LAW.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBERS LYNINGER AND PARRISH-WRIGHT
WHEREAS, Louisville is a welcoming city for LGBTQ+ people and according to a 2015 Gallup study has the 11th largest LGBTQ+ population in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Louisville is a regional destination for LGBTQ+ people to live and visit, which creates a responsibility for Metro Government to protect transgender and gender non-conforming people in the face of attacks by Federal and State government; and
WHEREAS, the Trump administration's repeated attacks on the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people have led to the Federal government's attempted erasure of individuals whose gender does not match their sex assigned at birth; and
WHEREAS, the recent legislative and political attacks on transgender and gender non-conforming people by the Trump administration and numerous state governments are contrary to the values of a free society; and
WHEREAS, State and Federal laws targeting and restricting the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people are contrary to the values of Louisville; and
WHEREAS, the Louisville Metro Council wishes to enshrine into law the principle that Louisville Metro Government will do all that it is legally permitted to do to protect and defend the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming Louisvillians to live their lives freely; and
WHEREAS, Louisville Metro Government reiterates its commitment to equal protections for transgender and gender non-conforming community members and considers it the policy of Louisville Metro Government that their right to live their lives freely without abuse or restriction by any public or private entity shall not be abridged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE I...
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