by Sue Yacka-Bible | Jun 15, 2020 | Employment, Featured, Press Releases
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...
by Anna Castro | Oct 8, 2019 | BLMP, Employment, Featured, Legal, Press Releases
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...
by Anna Castro | Sep 16, 2019 | Employment, Featured, Policy, Press Releases
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...
by Anna Castro | Jul 3, 2019 | Employment, Featured, Legal, Press Releases
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...
by Anna Castro | Apr 22, 2019 | Employment, Featured, Legal, Press Releases
(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...
by Anna Castro | Mar 28, 2019 | Employment, Featured, Policy Desk, Press Releases, TLC@SONG
(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...
