Stamford, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 6, art. II § 6-6

A. The City of Stamford hereby adopts those definitions contained in §§ 46a-63 and 46a-65 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, which are relevant and not inconsistent with the Code of Prohibited Discriminatory Practices adopted in Section 6-7 below.
B. As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
(1) Blind refers to an individual whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees;
(2) Commission means the Social Services Commission created under this article;
(3) Commissioner means a member of the Social Services Commission;
(4) Court means the Superior Court or any judge of said court;
(5) Discrimination includes segregation and separation;
(6) Discriminatory employment practice means a violation of C.G.S. §§ 46a-60 and 46a-81c;
(7) Employee means any person employed by an employer but shall not include any individual employed by such individual's parents, spouse or child, or in the domestic service of any person;
(8) Employer includes the city and the departments, agencies, commissions and officers thereof, and any person with three (3) or more persons in such person's or employer's employ;
(9) Employment agency means any person undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees or the opportunity to work;
(10) Labor organization means any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or dealing with employees concerning grievances, terms of condition of employment, or of mutual aid or protection in connection with employment;
(11) Intellectual disability means intellectual disability as defined in C.G.S. § 1-1g;
(12) Person means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and the city and all departments, agencies, commissions and officers thereof;
(13) Physically disabled refers to any individual who has any chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from illness, including but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or hearing impairment or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;
(14) Respondent means any person alleged in a complaint filed pursuant to this article to have committed a discriminatory practice;
(15) Discrimination on the basis of sex includes but is not limited to discrimination related to the pregnancy, child-bearing capacity, sterilization, fertility or related medical conditions;
(16) Discrimination on the basis of religious creed includes but is not limited to discrimination related to all aspects of religious observances and practices as well as belief unless an employer demonstrates that he/she is unable to reasonably accommodate a prospective employee's religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the employer's business;
(17) Learning disability refers to an individual who exhibits a severe discrepancy between educational performance and measured intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations;
(18) Mental disability refers to an individual who has a record of, or is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
(19) Sexual orientation means actual or supposed heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality;
(20) Gender identity or expression means a person's gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including, but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender-related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related identity or any evidence that the gender-related identity is sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for an improper purpose;
(21) Religious institution means any institution that is operated for religious purposes.