Gender Identity or Expression - Definition

As of Dec. 15, 2005, "Gender Identity or Expression" was added as a protected category in the Human Rights Commission ordinance. Northampton Code Section 1-3 was amended by adding the following definition:

"'Gender Identity or Expression' shall mean and include a person's actual or perceived gender, as well as a person's gender identity, gender-related self-image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression whether or not that gender identity, gender-related self image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression is different from that traditionally associated with a person's sex at birth."