Category: USA – LGBTQ Rights
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TLDEF Statement on SCOTUS’ Decision to Hear LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Cases
TLDEF responded to news today that the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case involving a Michigan transgender woman named Aimee Stephens who was fired from her job at a funeral home because she is transgender (R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
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Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalisation of homosexuality
The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump’s top geopolitical foe.
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European Parliament alerts to backlash against gender equality & LGBTI rights
On 12 February, European Parliament adopted a resolution on the backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU.
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Gillibrand introduces bipartisan bill to allow transgender military service
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who is vying to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, introduced Thursday a bill to allow transgender people to serve in the military.
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Transgender Woman Files Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
A former field organiser has filed a federal lawsuit against the campaign of JB Pritzker for Governor in Illinois for her firing on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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TLDEF Applauds Passing of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the New York State Legislature’s historic passage today of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act or GENDA, and its vote to ban conversion therapy on minors.