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.
Although the title of the Act seems to imply that it just addresses the use of public restrooms, the law actually goes far beyond that. Opponents
I recently read an article that Wawa, Inc. has been sued by a former employee who alleges that she was discriminated against on account of being gay. What was interesting about the article was what she alleged about how the harassment supposedly started.
The employee alleges that she participated in Wawa’s Gay Straight Alliance. She
There has been some immediate fallout from the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision has become a lightning rod for several Republican candidates who have denounced the decision on religious grounds. Some, such as Ben Carson, have suggested that Congress pass a law protecting people’s religious views. Of
Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court in its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges rendered same-sex marriage as the law of the land in all 50 states. This blog is not about the wisdom or reasoning of the decision (for analysis on that you can check out, well, basically anywhere else on the web). But
For those people who may have been living under a rock or enjoying an extended Tom Hanks-like vacation on a desert island a la Cast Away, the Supreme Court is set to hear argument in four petitions that challenge state laws in the 6th Circuit banning gay marriage. It is widely anticipated that the
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 become an engaged to his male partner. This, according to the Portland Press Herald.
See: http://www.pressherald.com/2014/12/06/music-director-fired-by-church-files-claim-for-discrimination/
The director, who alleges sex, sexual orientation
Although sexual orientation discrimination is not prohibited under Title VII, same-sex sexual harassment is — as a species of gender-based sexual harassment. The distinction is important. (While Title VII affords no protection against discrimination based upon sexual orientation, an increasing number of states and municipalities have passed such laws, such as NYS and NYC. See
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 orientation or gender identity.”
It has finally been announced that the President will sign such an order today as tweeted by Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser
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 it is currently illegal to fire an employee for being gay or lesbian. Other results are below, without comment.
Wanna see the results broken down
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.”
See the article just posted online in the NYT.
