Tag: Jillian Weiss
Outten & Golden Teams Up With Jillian T. Weiss
National employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP is joining forces with distinguished LGBTQ rights attorney Jillian T. Weiss to assist workers who face discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Weiss will serve as ‘Of Counsel’ to Outten & Golden’s LGBTQ Practice Group.
Jillian Weiss to Step Down as TLDEF’s Executive Director
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund announces the resignation of Executive Director Jillian Weiss and the appointment of Dolph Ward Goldenburg as Interim Executive Director.
TLDEF Files Federal Lawsuit Against Walmart for Workplace Discrimination
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund has filed a federal lawsuit against Sam’s East, Inc. and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. on behalf of a transgender woman who faced workplace discrimination at a Sam’s Club store in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Sam’s Club is a membership-only retail warehouse chain owned by Sam’s East, Inc., a subsidiary of Walmart.
TLDEF Condemns Trump Directive Prohibiting Use of the Word “Transgender”
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is deeply troubled by a recent report that the Trump Administration provided guidelines to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), banning the use of seven words in budget requests. Those words are “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “fetus,” “evidence-based,” and “science-based.”
TLDEF Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund observes Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a day to memorialise all those lost to anti-transgender violence and honour the spirit and resilience of transgender people worldwide.
TLDEF Applauds Oklahoma Jury’s Verdict in Favour of Wrongfully Fired English Professor
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund applauds an Oklahoma jury’s verdict today in favour of an English professor who was fired from from her teaching job on the basis of her sex.