Move to strip gender rights from Iowa's civil rights law rejected by legislators – Twin Cities

Sexual orientation and gender identity were not originally included in Iowa’s Civil Rights Act of 1965. They were added by the Democrat-controlled Legislature in 2007, with about a dozen Republicans across the two chambers joining in favor.

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