A newly filed EEOC charge alleges that The Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, Ill fired its 17-year music director when the director announced on Facebook that he had just
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Transgender Discrimination Outlawed! (In Malta)
Since everyone knows that the country of Malta (“Where’s that, Jake?”) is in the vanguard on human rights, and is more enlightened and progressive than, say, an old-fashioned, traditional country
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ALERT! Pres To Sign LGBT Executive Order Today
On June 16th we issued an “Alert!” when Reuters reported that “President Barack Obama will sign an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual
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Vast Majority Of Americans Think Employment Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians Is Currently Illegal
A new YouGov/Huffington Post survey on employment discrimination against homosexuals has some interesting statistics. The most startling is that by a 62% to 14% margin, the American public believes that
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ALERT! President To Sign Executive Order Re: Sexual Orientation
Reuters has just reported that “President Barack Obama will sign an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.”
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Same Sex Sexual Harassment Prohihited By Title VII, Even Though Sexual Orientation Is Not A Protected Class
Although Title VII does not prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual identity or orientation, nonetheless same sex discrimination and/or sexual harassment is. (While Title VII affords no protection
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Lesbian Forklift Driver Wins Sexual Orientation Harassment Suit
What does this UK case have that a similar US case does not? In the US, this plaintiff would have no federal legal right to sue for sexual orientation discrimination
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“If He Comes To Work In A Tutu …” And Other Objections To Anti-Gay Bias Laws
There’s something about the prospect of the passage of laws forbidding employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation that strikes such fear in opponents that they revert to hoary
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Grand Forks May Pass Law Banning Discrimination Based Upon Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota — even Grand Forks! – is considering a bill to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. If it passes, Grand Forks would
Montana Capital Relies on EEOC Decision To Table Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
A proposed ordinance in Helena, Montana which would prohibit sexual orientation discrimination is being opposed by those who cite a recent EEOC decision which held that under Title VII discrimination
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