How Much Are Women's Sports Really Improving On LGBT Issues?

Are Women's Sports Actually Improving On LGBT Issues?
TULSA, OK - September 12: Sophia Young #22 of the San Antonio Silver Stars drives past Kayla Peterson #14 of the Tulsa Shock during the WNBA game on September 12, 2012 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE (Photo by Shane Bevel/NBAE via Getty Images)
TULSA, OK - September 12: Sophia Young #22 of the San Antonio Silver Stars drives past Kayla Peterson #14 of the Tulsa Shock during the WNBA game on September 12, 2012 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE (Photo by Shane Bevel/NBAE via Getty Images)

Last week, the City Council in San Antonio passed a non-discrimination ordinance that adds gender identity, sexual orientation, and veteran status to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age and disability as characteristics that businesses cannot use to discriminate against patrons or employees. The seventh most-populous city in the United States, San Antonio has the highest percentage of gay and lesbian couples who are raising kids. The ordinance gained steam after “the Human Rights Campaign released a dismal San Antonio score on their annual Municipal Equality Index, (48 out of 100, four points behind Houston, the second-lowest ranked Texas city).” San Antonio joins other Texas cities like Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco with the passage of this ordinance, as well as nearly 180 other cities around the country.

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