Excerpt from Advocate.com: (click for entire article)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent decision that transgender people are protected from employment discrimination by Title VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination is a tremendous victory for our community.
The decision was issued in response to a discrimination complaint filed by Transgender Law Center on behalf of our client Mia Macy, who was denied a job with a federal agency after she came out as transgender. This groundbreaking decision marks the first time that the EEOC — the federal agency charged with interpreting and enforcing federal sex discrimination law — has ruled that transgender people have a legal remedy for workplace discrimination and harassment based upon gender identity. The EEOC’s decision follows the strong trend in recent federal court decisions that have similarly held that sex discrimination laws like Title VII protect transgender employees.
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