New York City is just the latest to prohibit discrimination based on weight and height, but other places are considering similar legislation.
Inside stores like PlusBKLYN, size doesn't matter. But outside its doors, that's not always the case. As the chair of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance , Tigress Osborn says she hears stories every day.
"Having it done in New York, it's a signal to the rest of the world that the time is now," Osborn said. "There are already a few states that have pending bills and we know that there are at least a couple more coming in the next year," Osborn said. "The person who works at the front door security for a major nightclub in Manhattan, needs to have a certain strength, height, weight," Sverd said."The law does not require ineffective people to be put in situations to fail. That's not good for the business, it's not good for the public and frankly it's not good for the worker."
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