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DOJ accepts ruling that transgender bias is illegal
The Department of Justice (DOJ) accepted Monday a ruling from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that claims gender identity discrimination is a type of sex discrimination that is illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to Metro Weekly, the April 20th ruling from the EEOC…
Transgender advocates praise ‘historic’ EEOC ruling
The Transgender Law Center hailed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Monday as its recent ruling on transgender employees went into effect. The EEOC, the federal agency that interprets and enforces laws against workplace discrimination, ruled in April that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects transgender workers from…
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