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Seattle could soon protect non-monogamous relationships under civil rights law

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This story originally appeared on Them . Seattle City Council’s Housing, Arts and Civil Rights Committee voted unanimously to further a bill that would extend civil rights protections to people in non-traditional relationship structures at a Wednesday afternoon meeting, council member Alexis Mercedes Rinck confirmed in an email to Them . Rinck is the sponsor of the legislation , which would amend sections of the Seattle Municipal Code. If passed, the law would change the definition of sexual orientation to “recognize genders outside the gender binary, recognize pansexuality and asexuality as orientations, and include consensual relationships with multiple partners as an element of attitudes, preferences, and practices pertaining to sexual orientation.” These protections would apply to the areas of “employment, housing, business licensure, places of public accommodation, park usage, bias-free policing” and would be overseen by the city’s Office for Civil Rights. All three members of the

First report: Seattle City Council takes up bill to protect consensual non-monogamy and diverse relationship structures — capitolhillseattle.com, 5d