The Tallahassee City Commission will review whether to adopt two proposals concerning gender-neutral or gender-specific language.
The first item refers to Tallahassee’s City Charter. In portions of the Charter, only male pronouns are used for employees. So it reads as, “his office,” or “his personnel.” Commissioner Curtis Richardson is requesting the commission amend the language so that it reflects gender neutrality. Instead of “his office,” it would be “his or her office” or “the office.” Another agenda item calls for gender-specific job-skill training. Staff at TEMPO—a youth at-risk program—would provide the training. The City Commission will review these items at their upcoming June 19 meeting at the Smith-Williams Service Center.
