COLUMBUS, Ohio — Savanna DeLong lost three jobs after she began coming out as a transgender woman in late 2010.
But only in Columbus, where a 2008 ordinance added gender identity to local anti-discrimination laws, was she able to take a former employer to court.
Franklin County Municipal Court Judge H. William Pollitt Jr., levied a $1,000 fine yesterday against Columbus Hospitality Management for retaliating against DeLong and denying her work at the Capital Club, a private Downtown club.