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10-year test case
A decade after the Dallas City Council passed an ordinance banning
anti-LGBT discrimination, Alan Rodriguez's pending complaint against the
Tom Landry Fitness Center could serve as a test of the law's effectiveness
— and become the 1 st case prosecuted out of 59 that have been filed
ANNAWAUGH I Staff Writer
waugh@dallasvoice.com
Alan Rodriguez has all but lost faith in the city
of Dallas' nondiscrimination ordinance after his
case filed last year has yet to be resolved.
Rodriguez filed a complaint in February 2011
against Tom Landry f itness Center in East Dallas
after the gym refused to sell him and his partner
of 10 years a family membership because they are
a same-sex couple.
The gym, owned by Baylor Health Care Sys-
tem, claims its is a private religious organization
and not a public accommodation, he said. Ro-
driguez — and LGBT legal experts — disagree.
"I think it's pretty black and white in my case.
The intent of the law is to not allow that kind of
discrimination to occur," Rodriguez said. "It is
clear by the way that Baylor's acting that while
there's a clear intent to the law, that they feel they
can legally maneuver around it."
Jennifer Coleman, the Baylor Health Care Sys-
tem's senior vice president for consumer affairs,
declined comment this week because the case is
still open. Coleman told Dallas Voice last year that
Baylor planned to review its family membership
policy in response to Rodriguez's complaint.
"We're going to look and see about that policy,
what it says, and then I'm not sure what we're
going to do next," Coleman said. "I can't commit
to changing it, because that's not a decision for me
to make, but something for us to look into. If s un-
fortunate that this thing came up this way, but I
can commit [that] we'll sure look into it."
The Dallas City Council passed the ordinance,
which turns 10 this year, in May 2002, making it
By the numbers
Since 2002, there have been 59 complaints
filed under the city of Dallas' ordinance pro-
hibiting discrimination based on sexual orien-
tation in employment, housing and public
accommodations. Of those:
• 37 were dismissed for 'no cause'
• 6 were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
• 4 were dismissed due to uncooperative
complainants
• 5 reached conciliation with the city
• 5 reached outside settlements
• 2 are currently open
• 0 have been prosecuted
Source: Dallas Fair Housing Office
a class-C misdemeanor to discriminate in hous-
ing, employment and public accommodations on
the basis of sexual orientation. Gender identity is
included in the definition of sexual orientation.
Religious organizations and government entities
are exempt.
Over the last decade, 59 complaints have been
filed through the Dallas Fair Housing Office al-
leging discrimination based on sexual orientation.
But not one has been prosecuted by the city in
municipal court.
The 59 complaints have resulted in 37 dis-
missals for "no cause," meaning there wasn't
enough evidence to prove discrimination oc-
curred, Fair Housing Office Assistant Director
Beverly Davis said.
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