Historic congressional hearing on transgender protection

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Historic congressional hearing on transgender protection

Published 07/03/2008
by Bob Roehr

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3131

The first-ever federal hearing on workplace protection for transgender people took place June 26 before the education and labor subcommittee of the House of Representatives.

Subcommittee chairman Robert Andrews (D-New Jersey) said that under federal law it is permissible to fire persons, or refuse to hire them, because they are transgender or are perceived to be gender non-conforming.