A Baltimore City councilman has reportedly proposed a bill amendment to enforce correct pronoun use for employers and even at schools, health facilities and resorts.
Baltimore has one of the highest rates of vacant properties in America, costing the city upwards of $100 million a year. One city councilor shares her plan to fix it.is debating enforcing pronoun use across the city and is considering new legislation that would use anti-discrimination laws to include"gender identity," according to WMAR-2 News.
Councilman Kristerfer Burnett has proposed amendments to the City Code to prohibit"the willful use of incorrect names or pronouns," according to the bill. The legislation has at least 5 other co-sponsors named. Burnett’s bill would prohibit employers, employment agencies and labor organizations from"willfully and repeatedly" using someone’s"incorrect name or pronouns after being clearly informed of the individual’s correct name or pronouns, unless otherwise required by law."
Councilman Kristerfer Burnett has proposed amendments to the City Code to prohibit"the willful use of incorrect names or pronouns," according to the bill.The same restrictions around correct pronoun usage would also apply to owners, managers and workers at places of"public accommodation," including resorts, educational institutions, health facilities and housing complexes.
But the proposed rules target health facilities in particular, allowing people to use the bathroom of their choice based on their
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