Employment Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/employment/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:04:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Employment Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/employment/ 32 32 Transgender Law Center Launches Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab to Amplify Trans Voices and Build Trans Political Power https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-launches-trans-agenda-for-liberation-narrative-lab-to-amplify-trans-voices-and-build-trans-political-power/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-launches-trans-agenda-for-liberation-narrative-lab-to-amplify-trans-voices-and-build-trans-political-power/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:00:58 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=22916 For Immediate Release Monday, December 11, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org National The Transgender Law Center (TLC) today announced the launch of the Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering a new era of empowered transgender and nonbinary voices in the field of communications and narrative strategy. This […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-launches-trans-agenda-for-liberation-narrative-lab-to-amplify-trans-voices-and-build-trans-political-power/feed/ 0 TLC Celebrates SCOTUS Decision While Urging LGBTQ Movement to Remember: We are not free until Black trans women are free https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-celebrates-scotus-decision-while-urging-lgbtq-movement-to-remember-we-are-not-free-until-black-trans-women-are-free/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-celebrates-scotus-decision-while-urging-lgbtq-movement-to-remember-we-are-not-free-until-black-trans-women-are-free/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:42:37 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15890 Today Transgender Law Center paused to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) consolidated opinions in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. The decision denies employers the right to fire LGBTQ employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. This victory comes after nationwide […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-celebrates-scotus-decision-while-urging-lgbtq-movement-to-remember-we-are-not-free-until-black-trans-women-are-free/feed/ 0 Center for Constitutional Rights and Transgender Law Center Raise Up Legacy of Transgender Resistance and Resilience in Wake of Historic Supreme Court Arguments https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:50:15 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14774 Read the stories of transgender people who have faced discrimination in the workplace. Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Transgender Law Center joined dozens of LGBTQ and civil rights organizations on the steps of the Supreme Court to show that LGBTQ people in the workplace deserve to live freely and authentically without fear of […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2/feed/ 0 TLC Strongly Opposes Proposed Rules by Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-3-3/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-3-3/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:35:59 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14705 Last Friday, Transgender Law Center submitted a comment in strong opposition to the proposed rules by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance that would amend section 204(c) of Executive Order 11246. The proposed rule would allow federal contractors to invoke their religious beliefs in order to discriminate against transgender and gender […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-3-3/feed/ 0 Stories of Transgender Americans Amplified in Remarkable Supreme Court Filing https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:50:37 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14605 Amicus Brief Asks Court to Affirm Lower Court Ruling Prohibiting Discrimination Against Transgender Employees Read the stories here. Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Transgender Law Center filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court highlighting the stories of over 30 transgender people who have experienced discrimination in the workplace for […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2/feed/ 0 Supreme Court to Determine Employment Protections for LGBTQ People https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2-3/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2-3/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:29:03 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14490 (Washington, D.C.) – Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider three cases that will determine employment protections for LGBTQ people. Among the cases is R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which centers on the fact that Aimee Stephens was fired from her job at a funeral home simply because she is transgender.  The […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2-3/feed/ 0 TLC Urges Supporters to Take Action Against Tennessee Legislature’s Slate of Hate https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2-2/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:48:50 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14483 (Nashville, Tenn.) – This week, the Tennessee legislature considered a bill, SB 1297/HB 1151, that would expand the state’s public indecency law to include bathrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms. While the bill was amended to strike the explicitly anti-trans language, it would still lead to further harassment of transgender and gender nonconforming people in bathrooms […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2-2/feed/ 0 Leaked DOD Memo Outlines Plan to Ban Employment of Transgender Service Members https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:38:25 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14470 (Washington, D.C.) – Last night, a memo from the Department of Defense leaked outlining a plan to implement the military’s employment ban on transgender people starting April 12th. If implemented, the order could potentially be the largest layoff of transgender people in history. The order effectively bars all but a few current transgender service members […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking-2/feed/ 0 In “vicious” memo, DOJ encourages illegal discrimination against transgender workers https://transgenderlawcenter.org/in-vicious-memo-doj-encourages-illegal-discrimination-against-transgender-workers/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/in-vicious-memo-doj-encourages-illegal-discrimination-against-transgender-workers/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:05:46 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14051 Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo stating that the Department of Justice will reverse itself and, in contradiction to established law, no longer interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as protecting transgender worker from discrimination. Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/in-vicious-memo-doj-encourages-illegal-discrimination-against-transgender-workers/feed/ 0 TLC Responds to Barnes & Noble Statement https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-response-to-barnes-noble-statement/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-response-to-barnes-noble-statement/#respond Fri, 08 May 2015 18:15:37 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=11581 Earlier this week, Transgender Law Center, Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP, and the Law Offices of G. Samuel Cleaver filed suit against Barnes & Noble, Inc. for its discriminatory treatment of a transgender employee, Victoria Ramirez. When Ms. Ramirez, who worked for six years at two Barnes & Noble stores in Orange County, California, informed management that she […]

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