Human Rights Advisory Council

A proposed ordinance that would have created a Human Rights Advisory Council in Cheyenne is dead. After drawing a lot of opposition from both the LGBT community and religious groups during last Wednesday's Public Service Committee meeting, sponsors of the ordinance asked that the matter be withdrawn from the agenda during Monday night's City Council meeting...

An ordinance that would create a Human Rights Advisory Council in Cheyenne is receiving opposition from both the LGBT community and those who don't support gay rights. The Cheyenne City Council's Public Services Committee heard nearly two hours of testimony from two dozen people on the issue Wednesday afternoon...

An ordinance that would create a Human Rights Advisory Council in Cheyenne is meeting opposition from the LGBT community. The Cheyenne Non-Discrimination Task Force has been organizing all summer around a non-discrimination ordinance that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the protected classes. ...

  Cheyenne City Councilwoman Annette Williams says an ordinance that would create a Human Rights Advisory Council is a, "Band-Aid." Councilman Dicky Shanor has been the driving force behind the idea, which has the support of Mayor Rick Kaysen as well as six other council members, but Williams feels it's just a way to keep an LGBT ordinance she plans to introduce from going through. ... R

The Cheyenne City Council's Public Services Committee will take public input on a proposed ordinance that calls for the creation of a Human Rights Advisory Council when it meets at noon on September 9. The seven-member Advisory Council, which would be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council, would be tasked with developing ways to enhance the equality of opportunity for all people