"In response to Doe's question, the CHRO finds that
transsexuals, as defined in this ruling, are covered by Connecticut’s statutes
prohibiting discrimination based on sex, specifically CONN. GEN. STAT. ' '
46a-60(a)(1), 46a-64(a)(1), 46a-64c(a)(1) and 46a-66(a)."
In Section V. WHO IS A TRANSSEXUAL UNDER CONNECTICUT LAW,
The ruling states:
"For purposes of this analysis, consistent with Doe’s
petition, we define "transsexual" to include transgendered persons.
Transgendered people include, among others, people who are intersexed; that is, people who
are born with ambiguous genitalia or chromosomal ambiguity found in persons with, e.g.
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Klinefelter’s Syndrome and Turner’s Syndrome.
Intersexed people are often more commonly referred to in lay terms as hermaphrodites,
people born with both female and male reproductive organs. Dreger, Hermaphrodite and
the Medical Invention of Sex, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA 2000), pp.
37-39.
We use the terms "gender dysphoria" and
"gender identity disorder" synonymously with "transsexualism". We
adopt the definition of "gender identity" as "having or being perceived as
having a self-image, expression or identity not traditionally associated with one’s
sex at birth". We further note that, "This definition is intended to include
pre-operative and post operative transsexuals, [transgendered] people, and cross-dressers
[transvestites15]." See, Leonard, "The New York Law School
Journal of Human Rights, CHRONICLING A MOVEMENT: A Symposium to Recognize the Twentieth
Anniversary of the Lesbian/Gay Law Notes" (2000).16"
The reader is encouraged to thoroughly read the
CHRO's
ruling. Many thanks to John/Jane Doe who is the party to this declaratory
ruling, represented by: Attorney Rachel Goldberg, 25 Forest Street, Suite
10C, Stamford, CT 06901 - (203) 327-0395 and the Intervenors to the declaratory proceeding: Connecticut
Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Civil Rights; Connecticut Women's
Education and Legal Fund; Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; Human Rights
Campaign; National Center for Lesbian Rights; Female-to-Male International; Gender Public
Advocacy Coalition, Inc.
