' Committee on Health & Human Relations
; ' City Council Meeting.
( ' September 21/2022
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WHEREAS, recent state legislation across the country has targeted the rights and protection of,
transgender individuals; and . ,,•:'/-/' .
WHEREAS, in March 2022, for example, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sighed into law HB 1557, which prohibits the education of students about sexual orientation or gender identity in; certain grade levels; and -
WHEREAS, in May 2022, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed into law SB 615, which restricts multiple-occupancy bathroom or changing room usage exclusively to male and female students, based on the gender listed on their birth certificate; and ¦
WHEREAS, in the past year, 53% of transgender and non-binary youth seriously considered suicide and 19% attempted suicide, according to a study by the Trevor Project in-2022; and
WHEREAS, 23% of transgender individuals experienced one or more forms of mistreatment or discrimination in the workplace due to their gender identity and 77% took action to avoid workplace discrimination in the year prior to the survey, according to the 2015' U.S.1 Transgender Survey; and
WHEREAS, in June 2016, the Chicago City Council approved the Chicago Human Rights
Ordinance, prohibiting gender identity discrimination; and ., ' '
WHEREAS, violations of the Human Rights Ordinance are investigated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); and '
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy affirms the prohibition of discrimination based on gender identity in City of Chicago hiring practices; and
WHEREAS, City'of Chicago e-learning tools, onboardirig paperwork, and application tracking . software such as Taleo display the applicant and employee's full legal names, rather than ¦ provided preferred names; and
WHEREAS, all-gender bathrooms are not currently required in City of Chicago facilities; and
WHEREAS, there is currently limited available ...
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