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Title: SPLC and National Center for Lesbian Rights file suit for Transgender Man
Post by: Susan on April 18, 2015, 12:57:23 PM
Post by: Susan on April 18, 2015, 12:57:23 PM
Southern Poverty Law Center and National Center for Lesbian Rights file suit against Louisiana company for unlawfully firing transgender man
https://www.susans.org/2015/04/18/southern-poverty-law-center-and-national-center-for-lesbian-rights-file-suit-against-louisiana-company-for-unlawfully-firing-transgender-man
(Susan's Place Transgender Resources)
New Orleans, LA – On April 13th, 2015 the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Mississippi-based Tower Loan. A subsidiary of First Tower Loan LLC, on behalf of Tristan Broussard, a 21-year-old female-to-male transsexual.
[Read More] (https://www.susans.org/2015/04/18/southern-poverty-law-center-and-national-center-for-lesbian-rights-file-suit-against-louisiana-company-for-unlawfully-firing-transgender-man/)
https://www.susans.org/2015/04/18/southern-poverty-law-center-and-national-center-for-lesbian-rights-file-suit-against-louisiana-company-for-unlawfully-firing-transgender-man
(Susan's Place Transgender Resources)
New Orleans, LA – On April 13th, 2015 the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Mississippi-based Tower Loan. A subsidiary of First Tower Loan LLC, on behalf of Tristan Broussard, a 21-year-old female-to-male transsexual.
[Read More] (https://www.susans.org/2015/04/18/southern-poverty-law-center-and-national-center-for-lesbian-rights-file-suit-against-louisiana-company-for-unlawfully-firing-transgender-man/)
Title: Re: SPLC and National Center for Lesbian Rights file suit for Transgender Man
Post by: suzifrommd on April 18, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on April 18, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
Great article. Show how much better SPTR does news reporting on trans issues than less knowledgeable media.
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This is actually pretty big. First that SPLC is putting its money where its mouth is with respect to treating gender identity discrimination as a civil rights issue. Second, if they win the case, it will finally codify into law the EEOC position that discrimination based on gender presentation is sex discrimination.
:eusa_clap:
This is actually pretty big. First that SPLC is putting its money where its mouth is with respect to treating gender identity discrimination as a civil rights issue. Second, if they win the case, it will finally codify into law the EEOC position that discrimination based on gender presentation is sex discrimination.