Manholes’ are out as Berkeley removes g****r-specific language from city code
Posted on July 18, 2019 by Tribune News Service
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A manhole will become a maintenance hole, artisans will replace craftsmen and firefighters and police officers no longer will be identified by their g****r in Berkeley’s city code under an ordinance passed by city leaders Tuesday.
The City Council v**ed unanimously to replace more than two dozen terms often used in the city’s municipal code with g****r-neutral words.
“In recent years, broadening societal awareness of t*********r and g****r nonconforming identities has brought to light the importance of non-binary g****r inclusivity,” council member Rigel Robinson wrote in a letter to the council in March.
Berkeley’s current municipal code contains mostly masculine pronouns, according to a city staff report.
“It is both timely and necessary to make the environment of City Hall and the language of city legislation consistent with the principles of inclusion,” Robinson said.
Broadening social awareness of t*********r and g****r nonconforming identities has led to sweeping changes across the state.
In 2014, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that replaced “husband” or “wife” in state law with the g****r-neutral term “spouse.” In 2017, California became the first state to provide a third g****r option on state driver’s licenses, identification cards and birth certificates with the passage of Senate Bill 179.
Berkeley has also instituted some other changes. In February, the city began extending the option to all employees to receive a name badge with a preferred pronoun printed alongside their professional title.
— Hannah Fry
Los Angeles Times
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Manholes’ are out as Berkeley removes g****r-specific language from city code
Posted on July 18, 2019 by Tribune News Service
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A manhole will become a maintenance hole, artisans will replace craftsmen and firefighters and police officers no longer will be identified by their g****r in Berkeley’s city code under an ordinance passed by city leaders Tuesday.
The City Council v**ed unanimously to replace more than two dozen terms often used in the city’s municipal code with g****r-neutral words.
“In recent years, broadening societal awareness of t*********r and g****r nonconforming identities has brought to light the importance of non-binary g****r inclusivity,” council member Rigel Robinson wrote in a letter to the council in March.
Berkeley’s current municipal code contains mostly masculine pronouns, according to a city staff report.
“It is both timely and necessary to make the environment of City Hall and the language of city legislation consistent with the principles of inclusion,” Robinson said.
Broadening social awareness of t*********r and g****r nonconforming identities has led to sweeping changes across the state.
In 2014, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that replaced “husband” or “wife” in state law with the g****r-neutral term “spouse.” In 2017, California became the first state to provide a third g****r option on state driver’s licenses, identification cards and birth certificates with the passage of Senate Bill 179.
Berkeley has also instituted some other changes. In February, the city began extending the option to all employees to receive a name badge with a preferred pronoun printed alongside their professional title.
— Hannah Fry
Los Angeles Times
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