All posts tagged "employment discrimination"
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Virginia restaurant ordered to pay gay employee $20,000 after homophobic discrimination
El Tio Tex-Mex Grill settled a lawsuit alleging that employees subjected a gay server to homophobic harassment
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Supreme Court will hear cases on anti-gay and anti-transgender workplace discrimination
Court to decide whether the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ people from employment discrimination
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Lesbian claims Chili’s denied her a promotion because she failed to “dress more gender appropriate”
Arizona resident Meagan Hunter has filed an EEOC complaint accusing her employer of sex discrimination
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Lesbian teacher in Texas suspended for talking about wife in classroom
One parent said Stacy Bailey shouldn't "promote the LGBTQ agenda" without consent from parents
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Gay man asks 8th Circuit to hear lawsuit against employer who withdrew job offer
Case marks the fourth federal appeal asking courts to declare that gay or lesbian employees are protected by Title VII
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2nd Circuit decides Title VII prohibits anti-gay employment discrimination
Court overrules its prior precedent in 10-3 decision ruling in favor of a deceased skydiving instructor's estate
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17 states and D.C. support Georgia lesbian’s discrimination lawsuit
The attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear and rule...
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2nd Circuit hears dead skydiver’s employment discrimination lawsuit
On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case of a deceased skydiver who had sued his former employer for firing him...
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Lambda Legal asks SCOTUS to take up lesbian’s employment discrimination case
High court asked to resolve split between circuit courts as to whether Title VII prohibits sexual orientation discrimination
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7th Circuit rules Title VII’s workplace protections apply to gays and lesbians
In a groundbreaking, historic decision, the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates Title VII...
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Federal appeals court: Title VII may prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court decision and restored a gay man’s lawsuit against his employer, finding that discrimination based on sexual orientation...
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7th Circuit rejects lesbian’s employment discrimination lawsuit
On Friday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court judgment dismissing a lesbian’s employment discrimination lawsuit. The decision dealt a blow...
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House passes defense bill with anti-LGBT provision intact
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a defense appropriations bill with a provision that will potentially allow employment discrimination against LGBT people by federal contractors....
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Gay man settles with Catholic school in Mass. discrimination lawsuit
An all-girls Catholic school in Massachusetts that was found to have discriminated against a gay cafeteria worker when it found out he was married to...
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N.C. Gov. McCrory signs nondiscrimination order — with exceptions
After weeks of bearing the brunt of criticism over his signing of North Carolina’s HB 2 law into place repealing local LGBT ordinances, Gov. Pat...
