Record #: R2022-972   
Type: Resolution Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 9/21/2022 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Human Relations
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Call for subject matter hearing(s) on City's transgender hiring practices, accessibility of all-gender restrooms and assessment of complaint process of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sponsors: Martin, Matthew J. , Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana
Topic: COMMITTEE/PUBLIC HEARINGS - Committee on Health and Human Relations
Attachments: 1. R2022-972.pdf
Related files: R2023-766
' 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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