COURT RECOGNIZES VIABILITY OF LAMBDA LEGAL’S SEX DISCRIMINATION CLAIM ON BEHALF

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COURT RECOGNIZES VIABILITY OF LAMBDA LEGAL'S SEX DISCRIMINATION CLAIM ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER WOMAN; CASE PROCEEDS TO TRIAL
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'The court agreed that Izza never misrepresented herself in any sense, and rejected River Oaks' claim that transgender people have a duty to disclose their biological sex to employers.'

(Houston, Texas, April 4, 2008) - The District Court for the Southern District of Texas today denied motions for summary judgment from both sides in the case of a transgender woman who found her job offer from a Houston medical clinic withdrawn after a background check disclosed her sex as male.