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NYC Mayor de Blasio to fine businesses that fail to use correct gender pronouns
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Greeting customers as "Mr." or "Mrs." could be costly for New York City businesses under Mayor Bill de Blasio.Blatant violation of the First Amendment. It will never stand. The Gotham mayor’s Commission on Human Rights says businesses that fail to address customers by their preferred gender pronouns are in violation of the law and could be subject to penalties. The Commission issued a "legal enforcement guidance" for the New York City Human Rights Law, which apparently "requires employers and converted entities to use an individual’s preferred name, pronoun and title (e.g., Ms./Mrs.) regardless of the individual’s sex assigned at birth, anatomy, gender, medical history, appearance, or the sex indicated on the individual’s identification." The guidance also notes that some people prefer non-gender-binary pronouns, including "they/them/theirs or ze/hir." I've spoken the English language almost since infancy. I happen to know there ain't no such words. English is one of the languages that has masculine and feminine forms, has had them since proto-Indo European. Perhaps we should change language groups to please the sensitive? It lists several examples of violations that could result in fines, including the "Intentional and repeated refusal to use an individual’s preferred name, pronoun or title." "For example, repeatedly calling a transgender woman ’him’ or ’Mr.’ after she has made clear which pronouns and title she uses," the guidance says. Posted by: Fred 2016-05-19 |
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