Tag: Title VII
TLDEF Fights for Wrongfully Fired Professor at Fifth Circuit
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reconsider its dismissal of TLDEF’s appeal on behalf of an English Professor who was fired from from her teaching position on the basis of her sex.
Transgender Woman Asks Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Allow a Path Forward for Her Title VII Discrimination Case
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund client Dr. Rachel Tudor has asked the New Orleans based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn a nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in Wichita Falls, Texas, which has disrupted transgender sex discrimination cases throughout the country, including her own.
Federal Judge Rules That Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation is Illegal Under Federal Law
In decision, federal judge rules: “There is no more obvious form of sex stereotyping than making a determination that a person should conform to heterosexuality.”
TLDEF Denounces Federal Court Ruling in Favour of Michigan Funeral Home that Fired Employee for Being Transgender
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) condemns a federal court ruling in favour of a Garden City, Michigan funeral home that fired an employee for being transgender.
Federal Judge Could Set Dangerous Precedent With Transgender Employment Discrimination Ruling
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, released the following statement in response to a decision by a federal judge in Michigan who ruled in favour of a Detroit-based funeral home who fired a transgender employee due to her gender identity.
Only In America : 7th Circuit Rejects Argument that Sexual Orientation is Covered Under Title VII
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, released the following statement in response to a decision by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting the argument that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation.