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Transgender Veteran and Parent of 3 Daughters Testifies in Support of Florida...
On February 8, 2016, Denise Brogan-Kator, a veteran, grandmother, and parent of three living in Florida, testified before the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee, in support of the Florida Competitive...
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Arizona Marriage Plaintiff: Why I Feared for my Job the Day I Filed a...
Note: This piece was written by Joe Connolly, who joined with his husband and several other plaintiff couples in filing a legal case in 2014 seeking the freedom to marry. His story underlines that even...
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KFC Takes Action Against Anti-Transgender Discrimination, Underlining Need...
The restaurant franchise KFC has taken action against one of its restaurant managers in Richmond, Virginia, who hired and then fired a woman simply because she is transgender. Last week, 27-year-old...
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Historic: Louisiana Senate Committee Advances Employment Non-Discrimination Bill
Louisiana lawmakers took an important step forward this week, taking a stand for LGBT-inclusive employment non-discrimination protections. On Thursday, April 28, the Senate Labor Committee voted 4-2 in...
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New Hampshire Governor Issues Historic Executive Order Protecting Transgender...
Today, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan issued an executive order protecting state employees and contractors from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression. This...
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WATCH: Transgender People Share Experiences Transitioning in the Workplace...
This week Logo released a new web video that helps showcase the stories of transgender Americans and underline the importance of coworkers, friends, and other allies accepting, understanding, and...
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Advocate & Entrepreneur Aydian Dowling: I Was Fired for Being Transgender
For the past year, Aydian Dowling has been floating on Cloud 9, cast into the national spotlight through his activist career and efforts to speak out about a wide range of issues and challenges facing...
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Years After Facing Employment Discrimination, Bisexual Floridian Reflects on...
Editors’ Note: This story is a part of the #BiStories project, the first national survey exploring the intersections of bisexual Americans and the need for comprehensive non-discrimination protections....
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Transgender Woman in Arizona Faces Employment Discrimination Three Times in...
This fall, the most expansive survey of transgender Americans ever revealed some startling statistics about the state of transgender equality in the United States – namely, that things simply are not...
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Montana Woman Who Faced Housing & Employment Discrimination Testifies for...
Last year Kathleen O’Donnell and her wife Casey were at a family gathering in Billings, Montana, sharing stories and laughs with Kathleen’s large, supportive Irish-Catholic family. Conversation soon...
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Transgender Man in Kentucky Stands Up Against Employment Discrimination for...
Mykel Mickens didn’t have any problems in his first few weeks of working for General Electric Appliances – he would go to work, put in his hours at the Appliance park, then come home to his family in...
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Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Fired Gay Man, Citing 2nd Circuit Concurrence...
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled in the case of Philpott v. New York, a case concerning a gay man harassed and fired from a job because of his sexual orientation. Judge...
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Lawsuit Filed Against Kentucky Credit Union That Discriminated Against...
Today, May 12, Fauver Law Office in Louisville, Kentucky filed a lawsuit against Park Community Credit Union on behalf of a woman who last year was harassed and fired from her job because of her sexual...
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TODAY: Jeff Sessions’ DOJ Urges Federal Appellate Court to Reject LGBTQ...
Tuesday, September 26, marks an important day for a key federal case that deals with employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in NYC will hear oral...
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TODAY: 6th Circuit Considers Whether Employers Can Claim Religious Exemption...
Today, October 4, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio will consider oral argument in the case of EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, a case concerning employment...
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Jury Sides with Oklahoma Transgender Woman Who Faced Employment...
Today, November 20, a jury in Oklahoma decided in favor of a woman in Oklahoma who faced discrimination because she is transgender. The case marks one of the first times in the United States that a...
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Federal Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Transgender Employment Discrimination Filed...
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Sam’s East, Inc. and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. by the Transgender Legal and Defense Fund (TLDEF) on behalf of a North Carolinian transgender woman who faced...
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Transgender Mississippi Woman Advocates in the Face of Discrimination
Each time a piece of legislation regarding non-discrimination is passed, it tells a story — sometimes good, sometimes not. While it is thrilling to celebrate victory, we must also remember that in the...
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