(d) For any employer or employment agency to print or circulate or
cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or
publication, or to use any form of application for employment or to make
any inquiry in connection with prospective employment, which expresses
directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
as to age, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or
immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
familial status, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic
violence, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification or
discrimination, unless based upon a bona fide occupational
qualification; provided, however, that neither this paragraph nor any
provision of this chapter or other law shall be construed to prohibit
the department of civil service or the department of personnel of any
city containing more than one county from requesting information from
applicants for civil service examinations concerning any of the
aforementioned characteristics, other than sexual orientation, for the
purpose of conducting studies to identify and resolve possible problems
in recruitment and testing of members of minority groups to ensure the
fairest possible and equal opportunities for employment in the civil
service for all persons, regardless of age, race, creed, color, national
origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation or gender
identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.