Dear Colleagues,
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy: Gender Recognition and Lived Name. It is proposed that the policy be fully implemented by UC campuses and locations by July 1, 2021, and it includes the following key issues:
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The University must provide three equally recognized gender options on university-issued documents and information systems - female, male and nonbinary.
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The University must provide an efficient process for students and employees to retroactively amend their gender designations and lived names on university-issued documents and in information systems.
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The legal name of university students, employees, alumni and affiliates, if different than the individual’s lived name, must be kept confidential and must not be published on documents or displayed in information systems that do not require a person’s legal name.
If you have any questions or if you wish to comment, please contact Liz Halimah at elizabeth.halimah@ucop.edu by May 15, 2020.
The full proposed policy can be read here
The proposed appendix 1 can be read here
Thank you for your time and consideration.
HR Policy Team
If you are a manager who supervises UC Berkeley employees without email access, please circulate this information to all.
