Tag: sex discrimination
TLDEF Denounces Ruling Allowing Virginia High School to Bar Transgender Teen From Boys’ Restroom
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) denounces a federal court ruling that prevents 16-year-old Gavin Grimm from using the boys’ restroom at Gloucester High School in Virginia as he starts back to school.
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.