Nevada

Following an EEOC complaint, Lambda Legal has secured coverage and $45,000 for transgender IT technician

Can the government require genital surgery as a condition for equal treatment at work? That’s essentially the question that Brad Roberts faced.

It’s only Thursday and already so much has happened since Monday, when the Supreme Court announced that it would not take up cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin that struck down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples — making it possible for same-sex couples to begin marrying in those five states.

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Sevcik v. Sandoval, Lambda Legal’s lawsuit challenging Nevada’s discriminatory marriage ban.