by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Apr 26, 2017 | Breaking News, Transgender
In the Legal Digest’s Transgender Guide published last year, we reported on a case out of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, holding that Title VII does not apply to employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The case is Hively v. Ivy Tech Community...
by Sarah Andrews | Apr 19, 2017 | Transgender
In a detour from discussion on the controversial “bathroom bill”, Senate Bill 6, the Texas House will discuss a new bill this week designed to prevent school districts from making local policies regarding gender identification and bathroom usage. According to the...
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Mar 21, 2017 | Transgender
In March, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 6 which would require people to use bathrooms in schools, universities, and other governmental buildings that aligned with the gender on their birth certificate. The bill passed after hours of debate. Here are the...
by Ambrose Austin | Mar 1, 2017 | Transgender
Three transgender high school students in suburban Pittsburgh can use bathrooms that match their gender identity as their federal case against their school district proceeds in court, a judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Hornak ordered the...
by Ambrose Austin | Feb 23, 2017 | Transgender
The Trump administration is rescinding protections for transgender students in public schools. The move by the Justice and Education departments reverses guidance the Obama administration publicized in May 2016, which said a federal law known as Title IX protects the...
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Feb 21, 2017 | Education News, National, Transgender
The New York Times reports that the Drumpf administration will not pursue action against the injunction that kept in place a ban on transgenders’ use of bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. The injunction was issued last August, after suit was...