You can be fined $250,000 for 'misgendering' someone

Mislabeling a transgender can bring a fine of $250,000 in New York City (Credit: TIME magazine cover)

New York City's Commission on Human Rights published an update to its "Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Expression" law that could impose fines up to $250,000 on property owners who call employees or tenants a gender they don't identify with, even if that gender is their true birth assignment.

It's called a "misgender" crime, Breitbart reported.

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The news outlet said: "It's not as simple as referring to transmen 'he' or transwomen as 'she,' either. The legislation makes it clear that if an individual desires, property owners will have to make use of 'zhe,' 'hir,' and any other preferred pronoun."

The new legislation makes clear the preferred gender of the person is what's to be respected, not the birth gender.

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"The NYCHRL requires employers and covered entities to use an individual's preferred name, pronoun and title (e.g., Ms./Mrs.) regardless of the individual's sex assigned at birth, anatomy, gender, medical history, appearance, or the sex indicated on the individual's identification. Most individuals and many transgender people use female or male pronouns and titles," the text of the legislation reads, Breitbart reported. "Some transgender and gender non-conforming people prefer to use pronouns other than he/him/his or she/her/hers, such as they/them/theirs or ze/hir."

The law also states the right of individuals to use single-sex bathrooms that are "consistent with their gender identity," and to refuse to conform to "different [workplace] uniforms or grooming standards based on sex or gender," Breitbart said.