Harrisburg, PA, Passed in 1983
City Code, Title 4. "Sex" means the gender, male
or female, of a person, including those persons who are changing
or have changed their sex.
Pittsburgh, PA, Passed in 1997
City Code, Amendment Ordinance 1-1997, effective 2/7/97
Chapter 651.04 (ii). "Sex" means the gender of a person,
as perceived, presumed or assumed by others, including those who
are changing or have changed their gender identification.
York, PA, Passed in 1998
City of York Codified Ordinances Part One - Administrative
Code
Article
185 Human Relations (z) "Sexual orientation" means
male or female heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or
any other gender identity by practice or as perceived by others.
(Ord. 9-98. Passed 9-15-98.).
Allentown, PA, Passed in April 2002
The Allentown City Council voted 5-2 tonight to expand
the city's Human Relations Commission ordinance to include gender
identity and sexual orientation as distinct protected classes.
The included definition for gender identity is the same definition
used in the Philadelphia bill currently under consideration. That
definition is "Self perception, or perception by others,
as male or female, including a person's appearance, behavior,
or physical characteristics, that may be in accord with, or opposed
to, one's physical anatomy, chromosomal sex, or sex assigned at
birth."
Erie County, PA, Passed in February 2002
Gender identity is included in the definition of sexual
orientation. Includes both public and private employment.
Philadelphia, PA, Passed in May 2002
The bill adds "gender identity" to a long list
of other protected classes in empoyment, housing and public accomodations.
"Gender Identity: Self perception, or perception by others,
as male or female, and shall include a person's appearance, behavior,
or physical characteristics, that may be in accord with, or opposed
to, one's physical anatomy, chromosomal sex, or sex assigned at
birth; and shall include, but is not limited to, persons who are
undergoing or have completed sex-reassignment."
New Hope, PA, Passed in September 2002
The Borough Council in New Hope Pennyslvania became the
newest municipality to take a stand against discrimination and
pass an anti-disrimination ordinance that protects people based
on both their gender identity (with gender expression appropriately
included in the definition) and sexual orientation. The vote was
unanimous.