Gender Identity

Landmark Ruling by Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County Holds That Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

In a historic landmark 6-3 decision issued earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the prohibition against sex

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House Sends “Equality Act” Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Senate, But Further Action Considered Unlikely

As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed and sent to the U.S. Senate one of the Democratic majority’s

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Justice Department Files Brief With Supreme Court in Title VII Case, Highlighting Conflict With Positions Taken by the EEOC and OFCCP

A little over a year ago, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its view that the prohibition against

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Two Federal Appeals Courts Rule That Title VII Provides Protection on Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Reversing decades of established case law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held recently in a 10

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Turnabout Is Fair Play?: North Carolina Governor Issues Executive Order Barring State Contractors From LGBT Discrimination

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) has issued Executive Order 24, which explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender

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OFCCP Announces Intent To Extend Paperwork Requirements for Federal Construction Contractors

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice recently announcing that it intends to

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Reversing Obama-Era Policy Position, Attorney General Sessions Issues Memo to Justice Department Personnel Advising That Gender Identity Discrimination Is Not Prohibited by Title VII

In an about face from a 2014 position adopted by the Obama Administration, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued

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Seventh Circuit Rules That Title VII Bars Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Contrary to Decisions by Other Federal Appeals Courts

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in a split ruling that includes a lengthy dissent, has

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