Tag: Jillian Weiss
TLDEF Mourns the Loss of LGBTQ Rights Icon Edie Windsor
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today joins millions of LGBTQ Americans and our allies in voicing our sorrow that LGBTQ Rights champion Edie Windsor has passed away.
Victory! EEOC Finds Evidence of Job Discrimination by Walmart Against TLDEF Client in North Carolina
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund has secured a victory before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on behalf of a transgender woman who endured employment discrimination at a Sam’s Club store in Kannapolis, North Carolina.
TLDEF Condemns Reported Ban on Transgender Military Health Care and Deployment
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today responded to reports that the White House is forwarding guidance to military officials that directs Defense Secretary James Mattis to implement policy within six months to cease all transgender-related medical treatment and to use standards of “deployability” to filter out transgender service members.
Walmart Discriminated Against Transgender Employee Says EEOC
A U.S. government commission has ruled in favour of Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) and its client, Jessica Shyne Robison, in her battle against workplace discrimination by Walmart subsidiary, Sam’s Club East, Inc. Ms. Robison faced bigotry on the job at Sam’s Club stores in Tampa and Bradenton, Florida.
TLDEF Condemns Hateful Remarks Calling For the Death of Transgender Women on The Breakfast Club
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund condemns the transphobic remarks made by comedian Lil Duval on The Breakfast Club, a syndicated morning radio show.
Transgender Legal Observes One-Year Memorial of Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund joins millions of advocates across the world in honouring the 49 precious souls taken in a heinous act of violence one year ago today at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.