I thought this was interesting, especially after writing my recent response paper using the articles we read about Latin America and Turkey. The Latin American LGBT movement has seen a lot of legislation passed of this nature. However, most people do not think of Kentucky when they think of gay rights. This NY Times article refers to the town as “a map dot in the Appalachian coal fields” which is not the typical place one would think of having progressive bans on discrimination based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. This “dot” has become the smallest municipality in Kentucky to pass such a ban! I suppose the only question is: how to you prove that you were discriminated against because of this bias? It is hard to prove that someone has discriminated against you in day-to-day life and I am unsure what the sentence/penalty would be. I would be interested to read the wording of this.
-Megan-