Hey, folks!
This is a bigger deal than it might seem!
This indicates transfolk are covered
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
prohibiting sex discrimination.
Link to the full story here:
www.aclu.org/lgbt/transg...0060331.html
Quote from the article below.
Blessings!
~Jessa~
Quote from article found at: www.aclu.org/lgbt/transg...0060331.html
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Finding that sex may not be "a cut-and-dried matter of chromosomes," the court ruled that federal protections against sex discrimination may also protect transgender people who are discriminated against based on their gender identity. In rejecting the government's argument that discrimination against transgender people is not sex discrimination, the court noted "the factual complexities that underlie human sexual identity. These complexities stem from real variations in how the different components of biological sexuality -- chromosomal, gonadal, hormonal, and neurological -- interact with each other, and in turn, with social, psychological, and legal conceptions of gender."
The court held that given these complexities, it may be that federal law prohibits discrimination against transgender people because it is a form of sex discrimination, pure and simple. The court will rule on that question in the case after evidence about the nature of gender and gender identity is developed.
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The lawsuit charges that the Library of Congress unlawfully refused to hire [Diane] Schroer in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which protects against sex discrimination in the workplace. The Library of Congress moved to dismiss the case claiming that transgender people are not covered under Title VII. Today the court rejected those claims and the case will now proceed to trial.
This is a bigger deal than it might seem!
This indicates transfolk are covered
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
prohibiting sex discrimination.
Link to the full story here:
www.aclu.org/lgbt/transg...0060331.html
Quote from the article below.
Blessings!
~Jessa~
Quote from article found at: www.aclu.org/lgbt/transg...0060331.html
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Finding that sex may not be "a cut-and-dried matter of chromosomes," the court ruled that federal protections against sex discrimination may also protect transgender people who are discriminated against based on their gender identity. In rejecting the government's argument that discrimination against transgender people is not sex discrimination, the court noted "the factual complexities that underlie human sexual identity. These complexities stem from real variations in how the different components of biological sexuality -- chromosomal, gonadal, hormonal, and neurological -- interact with each other, and in turn, with social, psychological, and legal conceptions of gender."
The court held that given these complexities, it may be that federal law prohibits discrimination against transgender people because it is a form of sex discrimination, pure and simple. The court will rule on that question in the case after evidence about the nature of gender and gender identity is developed.
...
The lawsuit charges that the Library of Congress unlawfully refused to hire [Diane] Schroer in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which protects against sex discrimination in the workplace. The Library of Congress moved to dismiss the case claiming that transgender people are not covered under Title VII. Today the court rejected those claims and the case will now proceed to trial.
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