LGBT Discrimination
Democrats Again Ask Obama to Ban LGBT Discrimination by Federal Contractors
Congressional Democrats renewed their call for President Obama to issue an executive order that would forbid federal contractors from discriminating in the workplace on the ... Full story
Louisiana Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Protect LGBT State Workers
A Louisiana lawmaker proposed a bill to ban discrimination against state-employed workers based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. House Bill 85, filed by ... Full story
New York Legislators Again Try to Ban Transgender Discrimination
New York state lawmakers again introduced a bill to ban discrimination – including employment discrimination – based on gender identity or expression, and to expand ... Full story
Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Based on Sexual Orientation
In Patino v. Birken, the Connecticut Supreme Court became one of the first state high courts to establish that employers can be held liable for ... Full story
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Rules that Title VII Protects Transgender Employees from Workplace Discrimination
In a landmark decision released on Monday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled for the first time that workplace discrimination against transgender individuals ... Full story
New Jersey Verdict Awards $22 Million in Perceived Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
A New Jersey jury awarded a $22 million verdict to a former employee of YRC Worldwide Inc. who claimed that the company subjected him to ... Full story
Eleventh Circuit Rules that Equal Protection Clause Protects Transgender Government Employees from Sex Discrimination
This week a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a transgender state government employee who was ... Full story
Maine Supreme Court Upholds $1 Million Verdict in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
This week the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine upheld a $1 million jury verdict against ExpressJet Airlines Inc. (a partner of Continental Airlines Inc.) ruling ... Full story