For purpose of this Title, the following definitions shall apply:
AGENT: Any person employed by or acting on behalf of a department.
BODILY AUTONOMY: Self-governance over one’s own reproductive options and gender identity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care.
DEPARTMENT: Every City department, department, division, commission, council, committee, board, or other body or person established by authority of a City ordinance or resolution, City Council order, or executive order.
DISABILITY: With respect to a person: a) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities; or b) a record of having such an impairment; or c) being regarded as having such an impairment.
DISCRIMINATE: To extend differential treatment on the basis of the actual or perceived status, practice, or expression of race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status, source of income, disability, housing status, military discharge status, order of protection status, or the actual or perceived association with such a person.
FAMILIAL STATUS: One or more individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with: a) a parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or b) the designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person.
GENDER EXPRESSION: A gender based appearance, expression or behavior of an individual, regardless of the individual’s assigned sex at birth.
GENDER IDENTITY: An individual’s internal sense of their own sex and a defining component of sex.
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE: All services, supplies, drug therapies, and other care that an individual may receive to support and affirm the individual’s gender identity.
HOUSING STATUS: The type of housing in which an individual resides, whether publicly or privately owned, an individual’s ownership status with respect to the individual’s residence, or the status of having or not having a fixed residence.
LEASE: Includes sublease, assignment and rental and includes any contract to do any of the foregoing.
LENDING INSTITUTION: Any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association, other persons in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans, any person in the business of obtaining, arranging or negotiating loans as agent or broker, and any person in the business of buying or selling loans or instruments for the payment of money which are secured by title to or a security interest in real property.
MATRICULATION: The condition of being enrolled in a college or university, or in a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical or vocational school, or in an adult education program.
MEDICAL CARE: Any health care offered, arranged, or furnished which includes but not limited to gender-affirming care, reproductive health care, mental health care, vaccinations, and medical testing.
MILITARY DISCHARGE STATUS: The fact of having been discharged from the armed forces of the United States, their reserve components or any national guard or naval militia other than by a “dishonorable discharge”.
OWNER: Any person holding any interest in property which may be used for dwelling purposes, employment purposes, or purposes which involve the accommodation of the public at large.
PUBLIC PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION: Includes restaurants, hotels, stores, soft drink or ice cream parlors, barbershops, beauty shops, theaters, places of amusement, taxicabs, funeral homes, public swimming pools and other places of public accommodation. An operator of a public place of accommodation is any owner, lessee, proprietor, manager or an employee of any such person or persons.
PURCHASE: Includes any contract to purchase.
REAL ESTATE BROKER: Any person who for a consideration acts as an employee or agent to manage, or to negotiate the sale, purchase or rental of any real property or any interest therein. Real estate broker includes, but is not limited to, all persons required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of an act in relation to the definition, registration and regulation of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons as heretofore and hereafter amended.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION: The purchase, sale, exchange or lease of any real property or interest therein or any negotiations, listings or contracts in connection therewith.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE: Any health care offered, arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss, or improving maternal health and birth outcomes. Reproductive health care includes but is not limited to contraception, sterilization, preconception care, maternity care, abortion care, and counseling regarding reproductive health care.
RESTRICTIVE LAW: Any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or other law that restricts an individual’s bodily autonomy in a manner inconsistent with the laws of Illinois and includes laws of another state or jurisdiction that establish liabilities, penalties, or other discipline for any person performing, providing, administering, receiving, obtaining, seeking, or aiding a person seeking medical care.
SEX: Includes, but is not limited to, an individual’s sex (male or female) assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or gender related identity, whether or not traditionally associated with the person’s designated sex at birth. “Sexual orientation” does not include a physical or sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
SOURCE OF INCOME: The amount of money or its equivalent received as compensation by a person during a period of time from a lawful source. Source of income shall include wages, alimony, child support, income derived from social security, federal or state public assistance, federal or state housing and rental subsidies, such as the federal housing choice voucher program and the state of Illinois rental housing support program (collectively referred to as “housing choice vouchers”), and other lawful compensation.
(Ord. 2023-26)