Evanston city officials have scaled back a proposed human rights ordinance that previously would have allowed the city manager to review discrimination complaints against private employers.
The amended proposal will be up for consideration at a Human Service Committee meeting Monday. The new "Evanston Human Rights Ordinance" reflects what is currently included in the Illinois Human Rights Act as well as the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance, said Mario Treto, assistant city attorney for Evanston.
Nearly two decades ago, the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals.
It defined sexual orientation as "having or perceived as having emotional, physical or sexual attachment to another without regard to the sex of that person or having or being perceived as having an orientation for such attachment, or having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated with one's biological maleness or femaleness."
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