An Anchorage civil rights panel cannot enforce an anti-discrimination ordinance against a battered women's shelter that refused to admit a trans woman, a federal court in Alaska ruled.
"Downtown Hope Center serves everyone, but women deserve a safe place to stay overnight," said lawyer Kate Anderson of the Alliance Defending Freedom, a public interest law practice that represents Hope Center. "No woman—particularly not an abuse survivor—should be forced to sleep or disrobe next to a man. The court's order will allow the center to continue in its duty to protect the vulnerable women it serves while this lawsuit moves forward."
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