A tiny town in West Virginia made a big statement this week when it voted to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination.
All five residents of Thurmond, West Virginia, voted Monday to enact a new town ordinance extending discrimination prohibitions on employment, housing and public accommodations to LGBT individuals. A statewide non-discrimination measure already in place doesn’t offer LGBT protections.
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“Our state motto in Latin is ‘Montani semper liberi,’ which means ‘Mountaineers are always free,'” Bullock said. “I think that passing this ordinance is living up to that ideal that all West Virginians are free and we’re free from discrimination. We’re free from fear of being fired for our gender or our sexual orientation.”
