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Opposition to trans-inclusive legislation in Montgomery County, Maryland is heating up.  The legislation passed in November amends the County Code and sections of County law to “prohibit discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, cable television service and taxicab service on the basis of gender identity.” 
Montgomery County is situated just north of Washington, D.C. and Southwest of Baltimore and is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. Most of the county’s residents live in unincorporated locales, the most populous of which is Silver Spring. 
Thirteen states have laws prohibiting discrimination based on “gender identity or expression” in employment, another half-dozen—including Maryland—have legislation pending and almost 100 cities have ordinances on the subject.
A group of conservative citizens, upset about the legislation, scheduled a protest at a swimming pool to highlight its concern that the legislation is, in reality, a plan to force co-ed locker rooms on an unwilling populace, which would endanger women.  The measure will soon be the subject of a court challenge by a group called Advocates for Faith & Freedom.