Day: September 1, 2015
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk Kim Davis for an emergency stay on a court order requiring her to immediately start issuing marriage licenses to all eligible applicants, including same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, welcomed the news as affirmation that personal religious opinions of public officials should not trump the fundamental rights of LGBT Americans.
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Supreme Court Declines Emergency Stay Request from Anti-LGBT Rowan County Clerk
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk Kim Davis for an emergency stay on a court order requiring her to immediately start issuing marriage licenses to all eligible applicants, including same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, welcomed the news as affirmation that personal religious opinions of public officials should not trump the fundamental rights of LGBT Americans.
Terry’s nightmare is finally - hopefully - over. If you are writing about this case, there are finally facts the defence can share and were shared by Terry’s attorney outside the Courthouse this morning. Now that the truth can be told, he can get back to work serving the community he has been helping for over 40 years.
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Terry Bean’s case Dismissed in Eugene, Oregon this morning
Terry’s nightmare is finally – hopefully – over. If you are writing about this case, there are finally facts the defence can share and were shared by Terry’s attorney outside the Courthouse this morning. Now that the truth can be told, he can get back to work serving the community he has been helping for over 40 years.
A transgender woman has filed a federal suit against Bloodworks Northwest, formerly known as Puget Sound Blood Center, a Seattle-based blood clinic, for terminating her employment on the basis of sex. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, alleges that the clinic fired Stephanie Binschus from her position as a blood collection specialist in February of 2014 using the specious justification that she had falsified documentation in the clinic’s donor database by stating that she is female. She had worked at the clinic since October of 2013.
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Transgender Woman Files Federal Lawsuit Against Seattle Blood Clinic For Sex Discrimination
A transgender woman has filed a federal suit against Bloodworks Northwest, formerly known as Puget Sound Blood Center, a Seattle-based blood clinic, for terminating her employment on the basis of sex. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, alleges that the clinic fired Stephanie Binschus from her position as a blood collection specialist in February of 2014 using the specious justification that she had falsified documentation in the clinic’s donor database by stating that she is female. She had worked at the clinic since October of 2013.