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America might have accidentally banned transgender discrimination in 1964

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/11/america-might-have-accidentally-banned-transgender-discrimination-in-1964/

The Washington Post/ By Jeff Guo November 11 at 10:50 AM

"On Tuesday, the Obama administration endorsed an amendment that would expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect gay and transgender Americans. As of yet, there is no federal law that explicitly prevents people from being fired, evicted, or refused service on account of their sexual orientation or gender identity. A proposal just to ban employment discrimination for LGBT Americans has been continuously stymied since 1994.
On Tuesday, the Obama administration endorsed an amendment that would expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect gay and transgender Americans. As of yet, there is no federal law that explicitly prevents people from being fired, evicted, or refused service on account of their sexual orientation or gender identity. A proposal just to ban employment discrimination for LGBT Americans has been continuously stymied since 1994. "

Another positive. I have a feeling we are going to see more court cases challenging discrimination on the basis of sex and in places that are very conservative. That in and of itself, will push us toward more equality as people simply do not want to be burdened with litigation.

The problem with employment discrimination is that it is hard to prove. The cases and efforts that companies manufacture for firing someone are often totally bogus, but backed up with "documented evidence" . If they would make that much effort into including a TG person into the workplace, they would protect their investment.

Hiring is even harder to prove. On the former though i have learned this by managing in many companies and owning my own, seeing what other people do etc. the costs for litigation quickly mount for companies. Can you imagine the effort and interruption caused by a subpoena of all email concerning a person? Often at the first hint that someone makes that they are going to rightfully seek remedy for discrimination, comes a somewhat equitable settlement, because they know how much of an interruption litigation is.

Hiring is really difficult to prove.  I used to interview and hire people and the hiring decision goes well beyond simple qualifications.  Depending on the job it might include such intangibles as how well a person can present themselves and how the hirer thinks that person might fit into an established team.  Added to that is the fact that in today's economy any given job advertisement will receive dozens of resumes that all meet the listed qualifications.


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