Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII

[ImagineKate]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/justice-department-announces-reversal-on-litigating-transgen

Tl;dr - sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act also covers discrimination based on gender identity

""I have determined that the best reading of Title VII's prohibition of sex discrimination is that it encompasses discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status," Attorney General Eric Holder writes."

Not bad.

[mrs izzy]

Victory in the states.

[Amy The Bookworm]

How... permanent is this declaration? Will it last until the Obama Administration is out and replaced by a Republican one? Or is it more permanent than that?

[mrs izzy]

It will set justice presidencies and make it permanent.

Its a huge win.

[Rosa]

Hurray!

[ImagineKate]

I don't think it will go away. Also, as much as the fundamentalists cry about LGBT issues, mainstream Republicans aren't really touching it.