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10. Fundln_c . The Human Rights Commission is aware that its General Fund financing <br /> will be used for investigation of Bill 30-10 cases and Mr. Douglas indicated that existent funds <br /> should be adequate to cover these cases. <br /> 11. Protection Under Existing Law. It is true as Kathy Cekanski-Farrand notes that some <br /> discrimination against persons because of their sexual orientation or gender identity can be <br /> remedied under existing sexual discrimination law, but this is extremely limited. It applies only <br /> to discrimination when a person of the male or female sex who exhibits stereotypical behavior or <br /> characteristics of the opposite sex is persecuted in the workplace because of this. Most gay <br /> and lesbian persons would not qualify for this exception. <br /> C2nclusion <br /> ...The similar ordinances enacted throughout Indiana, and even in improbable locations <br /> such as Salt Lake City, Utah, Charleston, West Virginia, and Tucson, Arizona show that this <br /> protection is no longer novel or unusual. I believe that this, as well as a commitment to <br /> eliminating prejudice, is what led the South Bend Human Rights Commission to unanimously <br /> endorse the protections of Bill 30-10 by the eight members present and voting at their meeting <br /> on June 16, 2010. <br />