Over In The Fiftieth State…

A judge slams a state agency over the way they treated a trans-women…

State reprimanded by judge over transgender settlement issues
KHON
By Gina Mangieri
Published: August 20, 2014

The state got another rebuke Wednesday — this time from a judge — in a case about how a transgender employee was treated at work.
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Banned from the women’s restroom and banished to an unmarked one just for her, Kelli Keawe filed a lawsuit, state civil rights complaint and a case with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or EEOC.
She and the state agreed verbally in court in April to settle, but she says the written agreement that followed was a mismatch — wanting Keawe also to waive claims about more alleged retaliation and harassment from coworkers, including a second EEOC complaint she recently made.
She and the state agreed verbally in court in April to settle, but she says the written agreement that followed was a mismatch — wanting Keawe also to waive claims about more alleged retaliation and harassment from coworkers, including a second EEOC complaint she recently made.

But the judge was having none of that…

“What I hear the state saying and what I read is they want to sweep in that new EEOC charge into the terms of the settlement agreement, and that was not contemplated, that wasn't entered into,” said judge Jeannette Castagnetti.

So they state tried to hide the fact that they wanted include to the second complaint that wasn’t in the agreement.