KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Fairway City Council held a special meeting Thursday and unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The ordinance protects individuals within Fairway, according to a statement from Nathan Nogelmeier.
Fairway is the latest Johnson County city to pass a non-discrimination ordinance that protects individuals from discrimination because of their sexual orientation and gender identity with respect to housing and other rights.
There are now at least 13 cities in Johnson County with a similar ordinance. That list includes other cities include Overland Park, Lenexa, Leawood, Shawnee, Merriam, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Westwood and Westwood Hills.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, was the first to pass an LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance in June 2018.
Olathe it the largest city in Johnson County yet to pass a non-discrimination ordinance, but there's growing pressure for the Olathe City Council to consider passing such a law.
