On Tuesday, April 26th, at the request of Commissioner Julie Carson, following a vote to authorize the permanent display of the Rainbow Flag on Wilton Manors symbolizing the diversity and pride and of the LGBT community and welcome LGBT tourism, the commission will discuss a motion to consider extending its employee health plan to cover the currently excluded needs for transgender employees or a transgender family member of a city employee. Below are links to the agenda item. The meeting begins at 7pm and the public is permitted to provide public comment for up to 3 minutes at the beginning of the meeting, but not at the time of the specific agenda item. There may be some push back from 1 or 2 members of the city commission and some members of the public who would object to increasing the city budget to rightly address the needs of any potential employee, or their family member who needs access to this critical health benefit. If you are the head of an LGBT organization, please attend and provide public comment on behalf of your organization to demonstrate the positive impact this health coverage. Please also invite any of your staff or employees who are also personally affected by this issue. If you are not located here and can't make it to the meeting, please provide Commissioner Carson with a letter of support on the importance of this coverage. While the Rainbow Flag goes up in my wonderful city, I envision flag to be a welcoming symbol of pride for all communities that fall under the LGBT umbrella.
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