§ 39-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Agency.

"Agency" means any department, authority, office, board, commission, council, committee, or other unit of the City government.

(c) Equity.

"Equity" means closing the gaps in policy, practice and allocation of City resources so that race, gender, religion, sexual orientations, and income do not predict one's success, while also improving outcomes for all.

(d) Equity assessment.

"Equity assessment" means a systematic process of identifying policies and practices that may be implemented to identify and redress disparate outcomes on the basis of race, gender, or income.

(e) Gender.

"Gender" means actual or perceived sex and includes a person's gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior, or expression, whether or not that gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior, or expression is different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that person at birth.