On August 3, 2016, amidst national debate over transgender rights, the United States Supreme Court temporarily blocked a court order that had allowed a transgender student to use the boys’ restrooms in a Virginia high school. Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as a male, is scheduled to commence his senior year at […]
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Seventh Circuit: Title VII Does Not Cover Sexual-Orientation Discrimination
August 3, 2016 – 4:17 pm
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision on July 26, 2016, held that Title VII, a chapter of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protects employees from being discriminated against based upon race, sex, religion and national origin, does not protect employees against discrimination based upon sexual orientation. In Hively v. […]