All Posts Tagged With: "sex discrimination"

Sex discrimination bill killed in SD

Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A move to prevent discrimination against gay and transgender people has been rejected by South Dakota lawmakers. The House Health Committee voted 8-4 Tuesday to kill a measure that would have added sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and military status to the list of characteristics protected against discrimination. The [...]

17Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexual in court appeal for breast enlargement

A transsexual refused breast enlargement surgery on the NHS is to take her case to the High Court, at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds to the hospital’s budget. From Telegraph.co.uk The legally aided gender dysphoria sufferer, who has been living as a woman for over 10 years, says breast augmentation is essential [...]

8Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexual wins $500,000 lawsuit

By NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has awarded a former Army Special Forces commander nearly $500,000 because she was rejected from a job at the Library of Congress while transitioning from a man to a woman. Diane Schroer of Alexandria, Va., applied for the terrorism analyst job while she was still a [...]

30Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued