Labor Department Clarifies Stance on Trans Protections

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http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/01/labor-department-clarifies-stance-trans-protections
Parker Marie Molloy, The Advocate
7/1/14 4:50 PM EDT

Late yesterday, Labor Department Secretary Tom Perez announced in a blog post that the department has extended nondiscrimination protections to its transgender employees, in accordance with federal nondiscrimination laws enforced throughout the department for other employees.

Monday's announcement comes more than two years after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ruling declaring that discrimination on the basis of gender identity falls under the category of sex discrimination, which is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.