Passed October 1995. (The text below is just an excerpt of the pertinent part of the ordinance).

(IOWA CITY) ORDINANCE NO. 95-3697

Ordinance Amending Title 2, "Human Rights," City Code, by amending the subpoena power of the Human Rights Commission, by adding the definition of gender identity, and by adding gender identity as a protected class

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Title 2, is hereby amended as follows:

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b. Section 2-1-1, is amended to add the following definition of gender identity:

GENDER IDENTITY: A person's various individual attributes, actual or perceived, in behavior, practice or appearance, as they are understood to be masculine and/or feminine.

c. Sections 2-3-1 (A), (B), (C), and (F)(2) are deleted and the following are adopted in lieu thereof:

EMPLOYMENT; EXCEPTIONS:

A. It shall be unlawful for any employer to refuse to hire, accept, register, classify, upgrade or refer for employment, or to otherwise discriminate in employment against any other person or to discharge any employee because of age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.