The U.S. Supreme Court gave protections last year to LGBTQ workers The ordinance would also prohibit discrimination based on someone’s hairstyle--a move meant to help Black residents. “We’ve got a bipartisan council here who is in agreement that this ordinance needs to be in place, that we need protections for people in our community,” said council member Larken Egleston, a Democrat. “I think that’s something that we should applaud because we’ve had a number of issues this year that have been divisive, that have split the council.” Members decided via straw vote Monday night that the ordinance should apply to all employers, regardless of size. The measure previously would only have applied to businesses with fewer than 15 employees, since federal law