City of Gainesville - File #: 051225.

• File #: 051225.
• Version: 12
• Name: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION - GENDER IDENTITY (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/14/2008
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 1/28/2008
• Title: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION - GENDER IDENTITY (B) Ordinance No. 0-07-88 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 8 of the Gainesville Code of Ordinances, relating to discrimination; defining gender identity and readily achievable; adding gender identity as a class protected against discrimination in Article I, In General, Article II, Human Rights Board, Article III, Equal Employment Opportunity, Article IV, Equal Access to Places of Public Accommodation; Article V, Fair Housing, and Article VI, Equal Credit Opportunity; amending sections 8-49 (Employment), 8-69 (Public accommodations), 8-94 (Fair housing) to provide exceptions regarding discrimination on the basis of gender identity, relating to access to, and use of, certain facilities such as shower rooms and dressing rooms, in covered facilities; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/28/2008	12	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
1/14/2008	12	City Commission
11/7/2007	11	Equal Opportunity Committee	Approved as Recommended
10/10/2007	11	Equal Opportunity Committee	Continued
9/10/2007	11	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass
8/15/2007	10	Equal Opportunity Committee	Approved as Recommended
7/25/2007	10	Equal Opportunity Committee	Approved as Recommended
6/26/2007	8	Equal Opportunity Committee	Continued
3/14/2007	6	Equal Opportunity Committee	Discussed
1/18/2007	5	Equal Opportunity Committee	Discussed
10/10/2006	4	Equal Opportunity Committee
7/20/2006	3	Equal Opportunity Committee	Discussed
6/5/2006	2	Equal Opportunity Committee
5/1/2006	0	Equal Opportunity Committee
4/3/2006		City Commission	Referred

title
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION - GENDER IDENTITY (B)

Ordinance No. 0-07-88
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 8 of the Gainesville Code of Ordinances, relating to discrimination; defining gender identity and readily achievable; adding gender identity as a class protected against discrimination in Article I, In General, Article II, Human Rights Board, Article III, Equal Employment Opportunity, Article IV, Equal Access to Places of Public Accommodation; Article V, Fair Housing, and Article VI, Equal Credit Opportunity; amending sections 8-49 (Employment), 8-69 (Public accommodations), 8-94 (Fair housing) to provide exceptions regarding discrimination on the basis of gender identity, relating to access to, and use of, certain facilities such as shower rooms and dressing rooms, in covered facilities; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

CLERK'S NOTE: It is anticipated that the City Commission will waive its Rules to hear this item at 8:30 PM.

explanation
The City Commission at its meeting on September 10, 2007, authorized the City Attorney to prepare and the Clerk of the Commission to advertise an ordinance adding gender identity to the list of protected classes against whom discrimination in employment, public accommodation, housing practices and credit opportunities is prohibited by Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances. Gender identity, as defined in the proposed ordinance, means "an inner sense of being a specific gender, or the expression of a gender identity by verbal statement, appearance, or mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth."

The general procedures and prohibitions of Chapter 8 would apply to discrimination on the basis of gender identity a...