On Friday, Oct. 10, the Help Center for LGBTQ+ Health responded to the recent suspension of anti-discrimination policies by the City of Arlington in September. Later in the month, Arlington’s City Attorney Molly Shortall proposed a revised anti-discrimination ordinance that could exclude protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. After objections to the proposal by some members, the Arlington City Council postponed the vote to Oct. 14.

The Help Center is based in Arlington.

Four years ago in June, Arlington City Council voted to approve a new ordinance and amend the city’s existing nondiscrimination ordinance to prohibit discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Dallas Voice editor Tammye Nash wrote then that the council voted to amend the F

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