NEW YORK CITY, May 19, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) New York Citys human rights commission says it will fine New York employers and landlords up to $250,000 for using the wrong pronoun to refer to a transgender person. The New York City Commission on Human Rights Guidance on Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Expression interprets existing human rights laws against discrimination based on gender to include gender expression, defined as actual or perceived sex and shall also include a persons gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior or expression, regardless of someones biological sex.
The guidance extends protections preventing, for example, landlords from refusing to rent to women, so that now they cant refuse to rent to women who say they are men, regardless of how they present.
However, the guidance goes further by adding to the list of offences that of intentional or repeated refusal to use an individuals preferred name, pronoun or title. For example, repeatedly calling a transgender woman him or Mr after she has made clear which pronouns and title she uses.
For any of these human rights offences, the maximum fine is $125,000, unless the offence is the result of willful, wanton, or malicious conduct in which case the maximum is $250,000.
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