Forty-six others registered in support. No one registered or spoke in opposition. The ordinance was cosponsored by Alders Verveer, Poulson, Sentmanat, Olson, Sloan, Holtzman, Vedder, Palmer. Madison joins cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Atlanta. The State of Iowa currently protects state government employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity via an executive order by the governor.
Membership is open to all who support that goal.