The Cincinnati City Council voted last week to extend discrimination protection to gay and transgender people. The new ordinance adds "sexual orientation or transgendered status" to protected categories. This language is unusual, because such laws usually use the term "gender identity." It would be interesting, particularly for employers in Cincinnati, to find out whether the ordinance has a definition of "transgendered status."
Cincinnati plays host to the headquarters of the following Fortune 500 companies: Kroger, Procter & Gamble, Federated Dept. Stores, Fifth Third Bancorp, Cinergy, American Financial Grp., Western & Southern Financial, Chiquita Brands Intl., Cintas, Convergys, and E.W. Scripps.
