Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	Mayor and City Commission
FROM:	David L. Corliss
CC:	Toni Wheeler, Director of Legal Department
DATE:	September 15, 2011
RE:	Gender Identity Materials

Commissioners,

The attached materials on gender identity were provided by Scott Criqui, member of the Human Relations Commission.

• The Cost of Employment Discrimination against Transgender Residents of Massachusetts, provided by The Williams Institute;
• Gender Identity Issues – FAQ’s
• Jurisdictions with Explicitly Transgender-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Laws, provided by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; and
• Map of State Nondiscrimination Laws in the U.S., provided by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
• Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace, provided by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

The issue of gender identity will be heard at the September 27, 2011 City Commission Meeting.