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Back in 2002 the New York City Council passed a Transgender Rights Bill in order to help protect the rights of persons whose gender and self-image do not fully accord with the legal sex assigned to them at birth. While the resulting NYC Human Rights Law prohibited discrimination against such persons, the range of potential violations against transgender and gender non-conforming individuals that were punishable under that law was not clearly explained. This oversight was remedied on 21 December 2015, when the New York City Commission for Human Rights released new guidelines governing discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression: Shortly after the new guidelines were released, several conservative outlets published headlines suggesting that NYC residents would be fined $250,000 for using the wrong pronoun when referring to a transgender individual. While this claim is technically true in a very narrow sense, it is also very misleading. For instance, an individual who simply mistakenly uses the wrong pronoun when referring to a transgender individual will not be fined under the new law. However, a person who intentionally and repeatedly refuses to use an individual's preferred pronoun would be subject to fines (that could reach as high as $250,000 for multiple violations) under the law: Discrimination against a transgender individual could result in fines of up to $250,000, but these fines won't be handed out for accidentally misusing pronouns. According to the new guidelines, the commission can impose civil penalties of up to $125,000 for violations of the law and (in extreme circumstances) of up to $250,000 for violations that are the result of willful, wanton, or malicious conduct.
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