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lawfareblog.org By Danielle Citron, Quinta Jurecic Wednesday, M…
from tlnt.com by Denise M. Visconti March 28, 2018
‘Ground-Breaking’ Ruling Says Transgender Discrimination Is Covered by Title VII
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled, in what many have described as a ground-break…
By Corey McDonald | The Jersey Journal on January 28, 2017 at 10:17 AM
Kristie Maldonado and her son, Joe — who gained national attention when he was barred from his local Cub Scouts pack because he is transgender — plan to file a discrimination …
time.com – Katy Steinmetz
Legislatures across the country are fighting over issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation
Last year, after contentious public hearings and several votes, Atherton High School in Louisville, Ky., adopted …
brooklyneagle.com – By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. – Brooklyn Daily Eagle
A transgender woman who alleged discrimination at a residential drug rehabilitation may proceed with her suit, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Debra Silber ruled.
Sabrina Wilso…
edgeonthenet.com – by David Perry – EDGE Contributor
The American Bar Association released a groundbreaking legal primer for transgender adults before, during, and after their transitions with regards to numerous legal spheres that in many states r…
aclu.org – Posted by John Knight, LGBT Project
Earlier this week, we got the good news – the six-year battle was over. Wisconsin’s anti-transgender Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act was a thing of the past. The act was a one-of-a kind law banning pri…
outandaboutnewspaper.com – by O&AN Staff Reports
Cancellor Carol L. McCoy of the Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville has issued a preliminary order in Howe v. Haslam.
Howe is the highly publicized case challenging the Tennessee Legislatu…
lgbtweekly.com – By Autumn Sandeen
In each of these foundational cases, the court concluded that discriminatory state action could not stand on the basis of gender stereotypes. The court’s more recent cases reiterate that the Equal Protection Clause…
leagle.com
VANDIVER ELIZABETH GLENN, f.k.a. Glenn Morrison, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
SEWELL R. BRUMBY, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 10-14833, 10-15015
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
December 6, 2011.
Before BARKETT, PRY…