<?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 #: 25-1822</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=7290765&amp;GUID=12A1854B-17FA-4F3E-925C-A7EE51804573</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?M=LD&amp;ID=7290765&amp;GUID=12A1854B-17FA-4F3E-925C-A7EE51804573" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 25-1822</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=7290765&amp;GUID=12A1854B-17FA-4F3E-925C-A7EE51804573</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12A1854B-17FA-4F3E-925C-A7EE51804573-2025-06-23-19-57-51</guid><description>Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE I, SECTION 2-9, GENDER INCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS AND FORMS 

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 - Administration, Article I, Section 2-9 - Gender Inclusive Documents and Forms, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: 

Sec. 2-9. Gender Inclusive Documents and Forms.

(a)	Instead of sex, forms and documents issued by the county shall ask for an individual’s gender.  No form issued by the County shall ask an individual's sex unless it is necessary for medical reasons, legitimate government data collection, or required by another law. 

(b)	Where selection of gender from predetermined options is required by design of any County form, the gender options on said forms shall include at least multi-select options for "man", "woman", "non-binary", "cisgender”, "transgender",, “a gender not listed here”, and "decline to answer" and may include additional genders. Any time the County asks for an individual's sex, the form or document shall ask for an individual's "sex assig</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:57:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>