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Jury determines St. Louis police denied an officer his promotion because he’s gay
The culture of homophobia and Chief Jon Belmar’s poor defense helped seal the decision to find the St. Louis police liable for almost $20 million.
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A waitress refused to serve 2 transphobic customers. She got fired.
The customers said that trans people are “disgusting and wrong.” She disagreed.
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Restaurant employees get $40k after nonstop antigay harassment by coworkers
One of the men, a waiter, is gay; the other, a busser, is a straight friend of the waiter.
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16 states want the Supreme Court to okay anti-trans workplace discrimination
The states join virulent anti-LGBTQ religious right groups, including Roy Moore’s, to argue that federal law shouldn’t protect trans workers.
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Wedding cakes aren’t the only LGBTQ issue in front of the Supreme Court
With one ruling, the court could decide that LGBTQ Americans are protected from discrimination nationwide.
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Transgender woman sues Walmart for workplace discrimination
This is the latest case of anti-LGBTQ discrimination brought against the company.
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Walmart guilty of discriminating against another transgender woman
As the corporation continues to lose LGBT discrimination cases, HRC persists in rating it as a great place to work for LGBT people.
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Walmart found guilty of ‘harassment & intimidation’ of transgender employee
The corporation settled a separate class action discrimination lawsuit brought by gay and lesbian employees a few months before this ruling.
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When are you black enough to sue for racial discrimination?
After a police officer found out he was 18% black from a DNA test, his co-workers started harassing him, but the city says he isn’t black enough to sue.
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Court rules Civil Rights Act doesn’t protect against anti-gay discrimination
An increasing number of trial and appeals courts have found that existing law bars anti-LGBTQ discrimination, but no federal appellate court has so far supported this interpretation.