NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE PRESS RELEASE – November 6, 2002
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NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE LAUDS CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL FOR PASSING TRANSGENDER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MEASURE
Council Votes to Add "Gender Identity" To Chicago’s Human Rights Ordinances
November 6, 2002, Chicago, Illinois - The Chicago City Council today voted to pass a measure amending the city's anti-discrimination laws to add explicit coverage for transgender Chicagoans. Mayor Richard Daley has expressed his support for the measure and is expected to sign it.
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The bill adds "a person's gender identity, appearance, or behavior," to Chicago's Human Rights and Fair Housing Ordinances, which cover employment, housing, and public accommodations. Sexual orientation was added to the law in 1988.
With the Mayor's signature, Chicago will become the twelfth jurisdiction in 2002 to pass a law to add explicit gender identity and/or expression protections to a local anti-discrimination law, either simultaneously with the addition of sexual orientation or standing alone.
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The eleven other jurisdictions that have passed anti-discrimination laws that include transgender people this year are: Allentown, PA; Boston, MA; Buffalo, NY; Erie County, PA; Dallas, TX; Decatur, IL; New Hope, PA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Salem, OR; and Tacoma, WA. With the addition of Chicago, there will be a total of 51 jurisdictions in the United States that explicitly include transgender people in their anti-discrimination laws, including 42 cities, seven counties and the two states of Rhode Island and Minnesota.
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