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Title: Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII
Post by: ImagineKate on December 18, 2014, 02:12:28 PM
Post by: ImagineKate on December 18, 2014, 02:12:28 PM
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.
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.
Title: Re: Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII
Post by: mrs izzy on December 18, 2014, 04:05:42 PM
Post by: mrs izzy on December 18, 2014, 04:05:42 PM
Victory in the states.
Title: Re: Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII
Post by: Amy The Bookworm on December 18, 2014, 10:56:10 PM
Post by: Amy The Bookworm on December 18, 2014, 10:56:10 PM
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?
Title: Re: Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII
Post by: mrs izzy on December 18, 2014, 11:15:06 PM
Post by: mrs izzy on December 18, 2014, 11:15:06 PM
It will set justice presidencies and make it permanent.
Its a huge win.
Its a huge win.
Title: Re: Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII
Post by: Rosa on December 18, 2014, 11:16:33 PM
Post by: Rosa on December 18, 2014, 11:16:33 PM
Hurray!
Title: Re: Justice Dept to Support Transgender Discrimination Claims under title VII
Post by: ImagineKate on December 22, 2014, 07:43:53 AM
Post by: ImagineKate on December 22, 2014, 07:43:53 AM
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.