Seattle moves to recognize the rights of polyamorous partners - LGBTQ Nation
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"Chosen family is family," said the author of a City Council proposal.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/66759116

A unanimous vote among the three members of the Seattle City Council’s Housing, Arts and Civil Rights Committee forwarded a proposal to the full council that would amend sections of the Seattle Municipal Code to “recognize genders outside the gender binary, recognize pansexuality and asexuality as orientations, and include consensual relationships with multiple partners as an element of attitudes, preferences, and practices pertaining to sexual orientation.”

The protections would apply to employment, housing, business licensure, places of public accommodation, park usage, and “bias-free policing,” according to the proposal.

Seattle would follow Portland, West Hollywood, Berkeley, California, and a handful of other cities in adopting the expanded protections against discrimination. Under the bill, residents facing unfair treatment could file complaints and seek remedy through Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights.

      • damnthefilibusterEnglish
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        8 days ago

        Ok I meant it as a troll comment. As in polyamorous people have multiple partners. So they have enough already. 😂

    • Tanis Nikana
      211·
      8 days ago

      By “theeeeeeeese people”, can you clarify? Also does your answer have three parentheses around it, or unwritten slurs?

      I’m just trying to figure out what bag of douchebag to put you in. A douchebag bag, if you will.

      • damnthefilibusterEnglish
        114·
        8 days ago

        Ok I meant it as a troll comment. As in polyamorous people have multiple partners. So they have enough already. 😂

        • Of the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          62·
          8 days ago

          We understand the joke, but sadly us polyamorous beings do not actually have a lot of legal rights.

          A lot of places can fire us for being polyamorous and we are unable to grant certain rights to our other partners if we are married to one of those beings.

          We are glad this is getting addressed somewhere, but we hope it spreads instead of being contained to one area.

      • damnthefilibusterEnglish
        21·
        8 days ago

        Ok I meant it as a troll comment. As in polyamorous people have multiple partners. So they have enough already. 😂

        • athatet@lemmy.zip
          51·
          8 days ago

          Right. So it’s a ‘leave some for the rest of us’ type thing.

          The downvotes are cause it sounds like you’re saying they already have enough rights and don’t need anymore.

          • damnthefilibusterEnglish
            32·
            8 days ago

            Yes, yes… I had a feeling there would be downvotes. I’m ok with that. Condescending, sarcastic, or troll comments should be voted down.