1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019 . 2. Housing (a) Fair Housing Act The Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 802 ( 42 U.S.C. 3602 ), by adding at the end the following: (p) Race , color , religion , sex , sexual orientation , gender identity , handicap , familial status , or national origin , used with respect to a person, includes— (1) the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, or national origin of another person with whom the person is, or has been, associated; and (2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, concerning the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, or national origin of the person. (q) Sexual orientation means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality. (r) Gender identity means the gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of the individual's designated sex at birth. ; (2) in section 804 ( 42 U.S.C. 3604 )— (A) by inserting sexual orientation, gender identity, after sex, each place that term appears; and (B) in subsection (f)(3)(A), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (3) in section 805 ( 42 U.S.C. 3605 ), by inserting sexual orientation, gender identity, after sex, each place that term appears; (4) in section 806 ( 42 U.S.C. 3606 ), by inserting sexual orientation, gender identity, after sex, ; (5) in section 808(e) ( 42 U.S.C. 3608(e) )— (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting a semicolon at the end; and (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting sexual orientation, gender identity, after sex,