Group Urges Salt Lake School District To Add Gender Identity To Anti-Discrimination Policy

The Salt Lake Tribune (10/20, Winters) reports that "on Tuesday, the Salt Lake Chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) called on the" Salt Lake City School District "Board of Education to include gender identity and gender expression in the district's anti-discrimination policy." Board members have recently "considered adding gender identity" to the policy, "but an attorney advised against it and research indicated that sexual orientation is more commonly covered." Kathy Godwin, president of the PFLAG chapter, said that "including gender identity and expression would protect students who aren't gay or aren't comfortable coming out as gay, but who are harassed for expressing their gender in ways outside social norms."