Effective immediately, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) has been updated to include an employee’s “chosen name” as part of the definition of “gender expression,” which is a protected class under the CADA.
“Gender expression” is now defined as an individual’s way of reflecting and expressing the individual’s gender to the outside world, typically demonstrated through appearance, dress, behavior, chosen name, and how the individual chooses to be addressed.
“Chosen name” means a name that an individual requests to be known as in connection to the individual’s disability, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, or ancestry, so long as the name does not contain offensive language and the individual is not requesting the name for frivolous purposes.
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