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Title: Transgender Woman Denied Job by State Department of Corrections, Resolved in EEO
Post by: Natasha on June 27, 2014, 03:17:04 PM
Transgender Woman Denied Job by State Department of Corrections, Resolved in EEOC Mediation

Transgender Law Center
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/10551
June 2014

Gender identity discrimination is illegal under Title VII, the federal employment nondiscrimination statute. With the assistance of Transgender Law Center staff attorneys Matt Wood and Sasha Buchert, Shea was able to successfully resolve her case in an EEOC mediation and has begun working in a correctional institution. "I am grateful to Transgender Law Center for its support for me and all transgender people. I shouldn't be denied a job just because of who I am," she said.