employment protections

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  Will Wisconsin be the next state to protect transgender people’s civil rights?

  Friday, June 2, 2017

  Wisconsin would be the 20th state to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression.

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  What’s it like coming out as a transgender cop?

  Wednesday, July 20, 2016

  The hardest part of her transition from Chris to Christina wasn’t making the announcement to her family, but telling her co-workers.

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  Pennsylvania: LGBT nondiscrimination bill advances in state senate

  Thursday, June 23, 2016

  Legislation to prohibit discrimination in employment and housing based on sexual orientation or gender identity cleared a first hurdle Wednesday.

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  Chinese transgender man fights for job equality

  Tuesday, May 31, 2016

  The man didn't even come across the term "transgender" until age 21, when he finally was able to best describe his gender identity.

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  Chinese man loses in country’s 1st transgender labor dispute

  Tuesday, May 10, 2016

  The arbitration panel granted him about $62 in back wages but also ruled that his employer broke no law in dismissing him.

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  UK spy agency chief apologizes for old prejudice about gays

  Monday, April 18, 2016

  The speech offered a poignant tribute to Turing, the gay computer science pioneer and architect of the effort to crack Nazi Germany's Enigma cipher.

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  China hears first transgender employment discrimination case

  Monday, April 11, 2016

  The man sued for compensation and an apology after being fired from his job at a medical services company because he was born a woman.

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  Nebraska legislature kills LGBTQ civil rights bill

  Thursday, March 24, 2016

  State senators rejected employment protection legislation for the third time in as many years.

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