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"feminine." California law defines "gender" as sex, and includes a person's gender identity and gender expression. Cal. Penal Code § 422.56. Gender Identity means an individual's internal, personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not be associated with a person's assigned sex at birth. Gender Expression means a person's gender - related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth. Cal. Penal Code § 422.56. Intersex: A general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. Transgender: An umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. C. DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT SACJ's staff, contract provider employees, interns, and volunteers are prohibited from engaging in any form of discrimination or harassment against transgender people in custody, including discrimination or harassment based on actual or perceived gender identity or expression or based on association with a transgender person. D. NAMES AND PRONOUNS Regardless of where housed, all transgender individuals in custody shall be addressed by their preferred name or last name, as well as the pronouns consistent with that individual's gender identity (e.g. "he," "she," or gender neutral pronouns such as "they "). Consistent use of the wrong name or pronoun constitutes prohibited harassment. A person's preferred name and gender pronoun shall be used when referencing the person within the text of documentation and records, unless otherwise required by law. E. INTAKE a. Upon conducting an intake, SACJ staff will ask each person if they would like to disclose whether they are transgender —i.e., whether they have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from those typically associated with their birth - assigned sex. b. Conversations about an individual's gender identity or expression will be held in a private space, such as an office or unoccupied holding cell. c. All questions shall be asked in a respectful manner and the information gathered will be kept confidential. d. If a person in custody indicates that they are transgender— either upon intake or at a later time —staff will ask them to complete a Statement of Preference Form (see Appendix A). The Statement of Preference Form will indicate the individual's 65A -27