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All Posts Tagged With: "discrimination act"

8 arrested in Las Vegas Strip gay rights protest

Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Police say eight people were arrested on misdemeanor charges in a Las Vegas Strip demonstration by advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights.
Officer Bill Cassell said Wednesday the eight men and women were taken into custody on obstructing a police officer and jaywalking charges.
Each was booked at the Clark [...]

24Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Gender identity bill introduced in House

– Adriana Janovich – yakima-herald.com
YAKIMA, Wash. — Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., introduced a bill in the House Wednesday that aims to remedy discrimination “based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity” in public elementary and secondary schools.
The Student Non-Discrimination Act seeks to help to end entrenched biases toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, [...]

29Jan2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Federal Job Website Now Bans Gender Identity Discrimination

The Obama Administration recently added language to the federal jobs website that explicitly bans gender identity-based employment discrimination under the federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy. This is the first time that employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity has been explicitly banned by the federal government.
A link to the policy is now attached [...]

8Jan2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Fla. MacDonald’s Manager Tells Transgender Job Applicant “We Don’t Hire Faggots”

By Jodi Jacobson – rhrealitycheck.org
The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) has filed an employment discrimination complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations against McDonald’s for discriminating against a transgender person who applied for a job.
TLDEF reports that:
On July 10, 2009, Zikerria Bellamy applied online for a position as a Shift Manager or [...]

7Dec2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Woman Fired for Being Transgender

A Georgia transgender woman filed a lawsuit late in September because she was fired from her job as a legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly because she announced her intent to transition from male to female. Vandy Beth Glen, formerly Glenn Morrison, filed her suit against the Georgia General Assembly in conjunction with Lambda [...]

15Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued