Unless you were living in a cave you should be aware that a week ago Tuesday the people of Maine decided to pass on marriage rights for same-sex couples. Commentators described it as not only “a harsh blow to the gay marriage drive,” but “a major set back to gay rights,” and “a tremendous and [...]
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Employment Non-Discrimination for the LGBT Community – How to Convince Your Homophobic and Transphobic Uncle
September 23rd, 2009
Today the House Education and Labor Committee, Chaired by Rep. George Miller, began hearings on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 – a bill that would amend federal employment discrimination law to include sexual orientation and gender identity protections. Various forms of this bill have been introduced into Congress in prior years, but it has [...]
The White House just announced that it has nominated Georgetown Law Center’s Professor Chai Feldblum as a Commissioner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This is huge not only because Feldblum would be the first out lesbian or gay person on the EEOC (which, as Nan Hunter points out will gain particular significance when/if ENDA [...]
Anyone interested in gender stereotyping should rejoice the decision released last Friday in Prowel v. Wise Business Forms. Brian Prowel describes himself as “effeminate” and that due to his effeminacy he was harassed and retaliated against at his job in violation of the sex discrimination protections contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act [...]
Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Wins Another One – New Hearing For Gay Parolee
April 23rd, 2009
Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic can boast another victory – this time on behalf of a gay parolee in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Parole Board agreed last week to give Bruce Wilborn, an openly gay inmate, a new parole hearing to settle the sexual orientation discrimination charges he brought against the board more [...]
Journal of Gender and Law Symposium: Gender on the Frontiers, Confronting Intersectionalities
April 6th, 2009
Finally, US Joins the World Community Condemning Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Based Discrimination and Violence
March 18th, 2009
News sources report today that the Obama Administration has determined to reverse the previous administration’s refusal to be a signatory to UN statement calling for an end to rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity. As we blogged earlier here and here, the declaration was signed by all 27 European Union members [...]
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