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Donald Trump and GOP-Controlled Congress Strip Workers of Rights and Protections (and No One Is Talking About It)

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By Sharon McGowan

March 30, 2017

With each passing day, the federal government is looking more and more like Trump, Inc. – a company with questionable business practices that raise legal and ethical eyebrows.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Lambda Legal: Trump to Businesses—‘Federal Gov’t doesn’t care how you treat your employees’

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By Lambda Legal

March 27, 2017

The White House today issued an Executive Order rescinding an Obama-era Executive Order 13673 which required companies that want to do business with the federal government to disclose whether they have been liable for discriminating against people, including against LGBT people.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Resistance
Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Employee Harassed and Forced Out For Being a Lesbian

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By Lambda Legal

March 10, 2017

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit largely affirmed a lower district court’s ruling dismissing the lawsuit of Jameka Evans, a security guard who was targeted for harassment and effectively terminated from her job at Georgia Regional Hospital because she is a lesbian and didn’t conform to gender norms in her appearance and demeanor.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Georgia
Lambda Legal Secures Favorable Settlement for HIV-Positive Flight Paramedic

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By Lambda Legal

February 2, 2017

"Lambda Legal will continue to fight on behalf of all people living with HIV, particularly HIV-positive health care workers, to ensure they are protected in the workplace."

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Missouri
Lambda Legal Fights in Court for Security Guard Forced Out of Her Job for Being a Lesbian

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By Lambda Legal

December 15, 2016

Today the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in Lambda Legal’s case on behalf of Jameka Evans, a security guard who was harassed, punished and eventually forced to leave her job because she is a lesbian. This case, Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, has the potential to change the landscape for LGBT employees across the country.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Georgia
Lambda Legal Joins Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Healthcare Worker Fired for Being HIV Positive

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By Lambda Legal

November 29, 2016

Lambda Legal today announced it will seek to join a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against a Texas nursing facility that fired an employee after he disclosed he was living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Texas
Taking LGBT Workplace Discrimination to Federal Court

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By Lambda Legal

November 29, 2016

Greg Nevins is Counsel and Employment Fairness Program Director at Lambda Legal. We asked him to explain why we argue anti-LGBT employment discrimination cases as sex discrimination cases.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Full Seventh Circuit Agrees to Rehear Lambda Legal’s Indiana Employment Discrimination Case

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By Lambda Legal

October 11, 2016

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today granted en banc review in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, meaning that the entire court will hear the employment discrimination appeal of Lambda Legal’s client, Kimberly Hively.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Indiana
Lambda Legal Seeks Rehearing by Full Seventh Circuit Court in Ivy Tech Employment Discrimination Case

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By Lambda Legal

August 26, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed a petition seeking a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of Kimberly Hively, an instructor who was repeatedly denied promotions, full-time employment and ultimately fired from Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Indiana
District Court Hears Challenge to Federal Guidance Protecting Transgender Students and Employees

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By Lambda Legal

August 12, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to reject an effort to block the Obama administration’s interpretations of several federal laws pending trial in Texas v. United States, including federal guidance advising public school districts across the country that the federal Departments of Justice and Education believe that transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools

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Donald Trump and GOP-Controlled Congress Strip Workers of Rights and Protections (and No One Is Talking About It)

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Lambda Legal: Trump to Businesses—‘Federal Gov’t doesn’t care how you treat your employees’

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Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Employee Harassed and Forced Out For Being a Lesbian

j.evans_17.jpg

Lambda Legal Secures Favorable Settlement for HIV-Positive Flight Paramedic

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Lambda Legal Fights in Court for Security Guard Forced Out of Her Job for Being a Lesbian

jameka-greg2_copy.jpg

Lambda Legal Joins Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Healthcare Worker Fired for Being HIV Positive

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Taking LGBT Workplace Discrimination to Federal Court

j.evans_78.jpg

Full Seventh Circuit Agrees to Rehear Lambda Legal’s Indiana Employment Discrimination Case

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Lambda Legal Seeks Rehearing by Full Seventh Circuit Court in Ivy Tech Employment Discrimination Case

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District Court Hears Challenge to Federal Guidance Protecting Transgender Students and Employees

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