Gender Identity or Expression

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you probably know that the question of whether federal law prohibits employment discrimination against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation
Continue Reading Virginia: the Next State to Protect LGBTQ Employees from Discrimination?

As regular readers of our blog will already know, the issue of whether Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity has been a
Continue Reading Supreme Court Hears Argument in LGBT Discrimination Cases: What’s Next?

Title VIIAs my colleague Christina Stoneburner posted yesterday and today, North Carolina recently enacted the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, which, among other similar state laws that continue cropping
Continue Reading Despite North Carolina And Georgia, Gender Identity And Sexual Orientation May Be Protected Under Federal Law

45810489_sThings seem to be developing rapidly in North Carolina.  Just yesterday morning we reported that the ACLU had filed a challenge to the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act that
Continue Reading Update: North Carolina Attorney General Refuses to Defend Bathroom Law Against Legal Challenge

Just days after North Carolina lawmakers passed the controversial Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (“Act”), the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) has filed a lawsuit challenging the law.

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Continue Reading ACLU Seeks to Flush North Carolina’s Public Facilities Law

TransMayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council have made no secret of their desire to expand the reach and protections offered by the New York City Human
Continue Reading NYC Commission On Human Rights Issues Transgender Discrimination Guidance Just Before the New Year

4629528_sThe Illinois Human Rights Commission recently ruled against Hobby Lobby and found that it had discriminated against a transgendered employee by refusing to let her use the women’s restroom unless
Continue Reading Hobby Lobby Given a Swirlie for Bathroom Policies Applied to a Transgendered Employee