<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-0832</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3838602&amp;GUID=603F6859-5FAB-458D-B190-D762CDC39A9B</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?M=LD&amp;ID=3838602&amp;GUID=603F6859-5FAB-458D-B190-D762CDC39A9B" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-0832</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3838602&amp;GUID=603F6859-5FAB-458D-B190-D762CDC39A9B</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603F6859-5FAB-458D-B190-D762CDC39A9B-2019-03-12-16-13-19</guid><description>Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 19-0832
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARING 2/19/2019

Sponsored By: KEVIN B. MORRISON, DENNIS DEER, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS and LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioners
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CONDEMNING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TREATMENT OF TRANSGENDER, GENDER NON-CONFORMING, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
WHEREAS, the Trump administration and the Department of Health and Human Services is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth; and
WHEREAS, the Trump administration has banned transgender and gender non-conforming individuals from serving in the United States military; and 
WHEREAS, the Departments of Justice and Education withdrew landmark 2016 guidance explaining how schools must protect transgender students under the federal Title IX law; and 
WHEREAS, various other federal departments and agencies took direct action to weaken protections against</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:13:19 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>