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It's about time.

TRANSGENDER BREAKTHROUGH
EEOC ruling that gender-identity discrimination is covered by Title VII is a ''sea change'' that opens the doors to employment protection for transgender Americans


By Chris Geidner
Published on April 23, 2012, 10:38pm | Comments


An employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis of the person's gender identity is violating the prohibition on sex discrimination contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to an opinion issued on April 20 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The opinion, experts say, could dramatically alter the legal landscape for transgender workers across the nation.

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Originally Posted by tslust

It's about time.

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http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=7288

Truer words ("it's about time") were never spoken. This is really good news.

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Originally Posted by tslust

It's about time.



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http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=7288

Good news, I hope more countries will follow with law protection against discriminations. The bad thing is, that you still have to have money to pay lawyer in such cases.

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Originally Posted by sosed

Good news, I hope more countries will follow with law protection against discriminations. The bad thing is, that you still have to have money to pay lawyer in such cases.

In the United States, cases before the EEOC are typically brought by lawyers on a contingency basis (meaning they take a percentage of the damages that are awarded or the back pay that is won), or by an advocacy group that assumes the legal costs. In this particular case, it was the Transgender Law Center (TLC), not the individual plaintiff, that absorbed the legal costs.

One thing about the U.S. legal system that may differ from other countries is that the barrier to bringing discrimination cases before the courts or agencies such as EEOC is relatively low, because of such advocacy groups, pro bono work by attorneys, or the ability to join together hundreds and even thousands of cases as class action suits.