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Columbia, Missouri Unanimously Outlaws Gender-Based Discrimination | Last week, the city of Columbia, Missouri unanimously outlawed discrimination based on gender identity, becoming the sixth state community to do so. Gender identity — defined as as a person’s “identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics,” regardless of the individual’s designation at birth as male or female — is now “a protected category in the municipal code’s prohibition of discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.”