We are winning in federal court for now but the future is murky with Trump packing the federal courts and appeals courts with Bible thumping judges. You might remember that we won a case this month in Maryland about trans students and locker rooms.
We are winning in the courts but I concern about the future for as long as Trump and Pence are in office.
Transgender Workers Gain New Protection Under Court RulingYou might remember that a funeral home lost a discrimination case last month when they claimed that they could fire a trans employee because of “religious freedom.”
New York Times
By Robert Pear
March 24, 2018
WASHINGTON — Employers are moving to adopt or strengthen policies to prevent bias against transgender people after the latest in a series of court rulings that have extended protections for an increasingly diverse work force.
A federal appeals court, rejecting the position of the Trump administration, ruled this month that transgender people are protected by a civil rights law that bans workplace discrimination based on sex.
Lawyers who specialize in employment cases said that the decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, was highly significant. The court held that job discrimination on the basis of transgender status was inherently sex discrimination, and that the employer in this case could not claim an exemption from the law because of his religious beliefs.
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The court’s conclusion is at odds with a position taken by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in October. In a memorandum to Justice Department lawyers, he said that “Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses discrimination between men and women but does not encompass discrimination based on gender identity per se, including transgender status.”
We are winning in the courts but I concern about the future for as long as Trump and Pence are in office.
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