Posted on 05/24/2016 1:49:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Individuals living in New York City can choose from a minimum of 31 different gender identities, many of which allow them to fluctuate between some version or combination of male or female identities.
Businesses that don’t respect and accommodate an individual’s chosen gender identity risk incurring six-figure fines under rules implemented by the city’s Commission on Human Rights.
The list of protected gender identities is available online and includes options such as “gender bender,” “two spirit,” “third sex,” “androgynous,” “gender gifted,” and “pangender.” A city official speaking on background confirmed to The Daily Caller that all of the listed identities are protected by the city’s anti-discrimination laws, but said that the list was not exhaustive.
The city does not provide definitions of the various gender identities, but TheDC was able to define several of them from glossaries provided online by the University of Wisconsin and the University of California Berkeley.
Someone who identifies as “genderqueer,” for example, is a “person whose gender identity is neither man nor woman, is between or beyond genders, or is some combination of genders.”
A “gender bender” is someone “who bends, changes, mixes, or combines society’s gender conventions by expressing elements of masculinity and femininity together.”
Similarly, someone who is “gender fluid” is a person “whose gender identification and presentation shifts, whether within or outside of societal, gender-based expectations.”
If someone self-identifies as “androgynous,” it means they are “appearing and/or identifying as neither man nor woman, presenting a gender either mixed or neutral.”
“Two spirit” individuals are Native Americans “who have attributes of both men and women, have distinct gender and social roles in their tribes, and are often involved with mystical rituals (shamans).”
If someone is “pangender,” their “gender identity is comprised of all or many gender expressions.”
The full list of gender identities can be viewed online in a document provided by the city’s Commission on Human Rights.
The city’s gender identity guidance was issued in December but has been the subject of ongoing media attention in the past week. As noted by law professor Eugene Volokh, businesses can be fined up to six figures for knowingly using the “wrong” pronouns to refer to a customer or employee.
Seth Hoy, the Human Rights Commission’s press secretary, told TheDC that the guidance was issued to “ensure that every transgender individual in New York City is treated with the respect and dignity they deserve” but assured that that “accidentally” using the wrong pronouns “will not result in a fine.” His full statement is below:
The Commission’s legal guidance on gender identity protections under the NYC Human Rights Law addresses situations in which individuals intentionally and repeatedly target transgender and gender non-conforming people. Accidentally misusing a transgender person’s preferred pronoun is not a violation of the law and will not result in a fine. The Commission issued this guidance last year so that employers and individuals understand what the law says and to ensure that every transgender individual in New York City is treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.
Today, I identify as a ie%8s wntian from the planet She#oei43w. Which box do I check?
Reminds me never to go north of the Mason-Dixon line...
This sounds as sick as their city government.
Missed one ...
Dicaprio Bear Romp
Re “gender fluid”. Since NY is becoming as sicko as San Francisco, let’s see if my understanding of this term is correct.
“If you are ‘gender fluid’, it means that you can pee standing up at a urinal (sex irrelevant) or sit down on a toilet, or just squat in the bushes”. It’s all about “fluid” stupid, not the gender.
I know that what I have written is crazy but so is this multi-gender concept and NYC’s Human Rights Commission.
They should all be flushed down the toilet of Political Correctness.
I just KNEW there was a Baskin-Robbins joke in there!!
The left has decided that there can be no debate about how a person self-identifies and now has the force of law that it is hateful if others do not agree... with monetary damages! It is time for us to fully realize the new opportunities that are available:
* Royalsexual - You identify as royalty and everyone must refer to you as Majesty or Eminence. You do not date peasants... or even really associate with them. Common folk should bow before you or denigrate your standing and self-esteem.
* Christiansexual - Your Christian heritage plays a significant role in your self-identification, others must refer to you as brother/sister/saint depending upon your denomination. You may not be unequally yolked. The state must keep separate since you are part of the church. Just leave us alone!
* Trekiesexual - You were born in the wrong century, others must address you in klingon and laws must make exceptions for traditional klingon activities.
* Trumpasexual - You self-identify as a billionaire with distinctive hair, others may not address you, only grovel before you or get the zot.
Any objections to these categories, or any other that you desire are hateful and damaging. It is pure liberal privilege to think that a list made by leftist elites could possibly reflect the full spectrum of sexual identification that should be tolerated and even celebrated. If the other side believes that we cannot go back, then the only way out of our current situation is forward! Dig deep, find your own self-identification, then most importantly... be a victim and sue any liberals who object!
How ‘bout: Male, Female, Fruit-Loop (strictly CA?) /s
I’m actually surprised no one thought of it earlier. I mean you got to be pretty quick around here. And 34 posts isn’t quick.
Yea!
It will soon be simplified to Comrade.
It will cost them.
We need to persuade the people who make up this shi#
Well, for one: even ‘questioning’ is a gender-identity, now...
-JT
The local Stiffy Lube has a $10 off coupon for changing your Gender Fluid.
‘Pervert’ covers a multitude of sins.
Let me clear things up.
Male.
Female.
Ridiculous.
Those are the 3 genders.
Lunatic covers them all.
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