WILKES-BARRE -- Wilkes-Barre City Council gave final approval to the city's LGBT ordinance Thursday evening.
When it becomes law in about two weeks, it will ban discrimination against people in Wilkes-Barre because of their sexual orientation.
It also prohibits firing people or denying them housing on the basis of their sexual orientation.
The council in Wilkes-Barre voted 5-to-zero to approve the LGBT ordinance.