UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.

Dallas City Code ch. 46, art. II

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Dallas City Code § 46-6 UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

SEC. 46-6. UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. (a) Employers. It is unlawful for an employer, because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression: (1) to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any person; (2) to discriminate against any person with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or (3) to limit, segregate, or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way that would deprive or tend to deprive a person of employment or employment opportunities, or that would otherwise adversely affect a person's status as an employee. (b) Employment agencies. It is unlawful for an employment agency: (1) to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or to otherwise discriminate against, any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; or (2) to classify or refer for employment any person on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. (c) Labor organizations. It is unlawful for a labor organization: (1) to exclude or expel from its membership, or to otherwise discriminate against, any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; (2) to fail or refuse to refer for employment any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; (3) to limit, segregate, or classify its members or applicants for membership in any way that would deprive or tend to deprive a person of employment or employment opportunities, or that would otherwise adversely affect a person's status as an employee or as an applicant for employment; or (4) to cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against a person in violation of this chapter. (d) Training programs. It is unlawful for an employer, a labor organization, or a joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining (including on-the-job training programs) to discriminate against any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression in the admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training. (e) Notices and advertisements. (1) It is unlawful for an employer to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to employment by the employer that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. (2) It is unlawful for an employment agency to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to membership in or any classification or referral for employment by the employment agency that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. (3) It is unlawful for a joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining (including on-the-job training programs) to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training by the joint labor-management committee that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. (4) Nothing in this subsection prohibits a notice or advertisement from indicating a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression when sexual orientation or gender identity and expression is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment. (f) Exception. This section does not apply to, and does not require, the provision of employee benefits to a person for the benefit of the person's domestic partner. (Ord. Nos. 24927; 29942)

Dallas City Code § 46-6.1 UNLAWFUL PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION PRACTICES.

SEC. 46-6.1. UNLAWFUL PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION PRACTICES. (a) Discrimination in public accommodations. It is unlawful for any owner, proprietor, or lessee of any place of public accommodation, because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression: (1) to directly or indirectly exclude, segregate, limit, refuse, or deny to any person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, benefits, privileges, services, or goods offered to the general public at that place; or (2) to circulate, issue, display, post, mail, or otherwise publish a statement, advertisement, or sign indicating that: (A) a person will be denied accommodations, advantages, facilities, benefits, privileges, services, or goods at that place; or (B) the patronage or presence of a person at that place is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, undesirable, or unsolicited. (b) Defenses. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the refusal to admit a person to a place of public accommodation or the expulsion of a person from a place of public accommodation was required by law. (c) Exceptions. This section does not apply to: (1) a hotel, restaurant, bar, lounge, nightclub, cabaret, theater, bowling alley, skating rink, or golf course when the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and services are restricted to members of a club and their guests; or (2) any bona fide social, fraternal, educational, civic, political, or religious organization, when the profits of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and services (above reasonable and necessary expenses) are solely for the benefit of the organization. (Ord. Nos. 24927; 29942)

Dallas City Code § 46-7 UNLAWFUL HOUSING PRACTICES.

SEC. 46-7. UNLAWFUL HOUSING PRACTICES. (a) Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. (1) It is unlawful for a person, because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression: (A) to refuse to negotiate with a person for the sale or rental of a dwelling or to otherwise deny or make unavailable a dwelling to a person; (B) to refuse to sell or rent a dwelling to a person who has made a bona fide offer for the dwelling; (C) to discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling; or (D) to represent to a person that a dwelling is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when the dwelling is in fact so available. (2) It is unlawful for a person: (A) to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or advertisement relating to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination; or (B) for profit, to induce or attempt to induce a person to sell or rent, or to not sell or rent, a dwelling by representations that a person or persons of a particular sexual orientation or with a particular gender identity or expression are present in or may enter into the neighborhood. (b) Discrimination in housing financing. It is unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company, or other person whose business, in whole or in part, consists of the making of real estate loans to, on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression: (1) deny any person a loan or other financial assistance for the purchase, construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a dwelling; or (2) discriminate against any person in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration, or other terms or conditions of a loan or other financial assistance for the purchase, construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a dwelling. (c) Discrimination in providing brokerage services. It is unlawful for any person, because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression: (1) to deny another person access to, membership in, or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings; or (2) to discriminate against another person in the terms or conditions of access to, membership in, or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings. (d) Exceptions. (1) This section does not apply to the following: (A) The sale or rental of any single-family dwelling, if the owner: (i) does not own an interest in or title to more than three single-family dwellings at one time, regardless of whether the dwellings are located inside or outside of the city; (ii) has resided in the dwelling within the 24-month period preceding the sale or rental of the dwelling; and (iii) does not use the services or facilities of any real estate broker, agent, or salesman, or of any other person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, in connection with the sale or rental of the dwelling. (B) The rental of a dwelling that is occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, when the owner actually maintains and occupies part of the dwelling as a residence. (C) The rental of a dwelling by a private organization only to its members, when the dwelling is owned, controlled, or managed by the organization for other than a commercial purpose and the rental of the dwelling is incidental to the organization's primary purpose. (e) Nothing in this section prohibits conduct against a person because of the person's conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance under state or federal law. (Ord. Nos. 24927; 29942)

Dallas City Code § 46-8 UNLAWFUL INTIMIDATION, RETALIATION, AND COERCION.

SEC. 46-8. UNLAWFUL INTIMIDATION, RETALIATION, AND COERCION. It is unlawful for any person to discriminate against, harass, threaten, harm, damage, or otherwise penalize another person for opposing an unlawful practice, for filing a complaint, or for testifying, assisting, or participating in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter. (Ord. 24927)

Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-122644Fetched: 10/26/2026