Title VII

The state argued they have a right to discriminate against transgender people. A judge said no.

The Department says that the protections aren’t necessary… but that’s not what other Trump administration officials have been saying.

It was a prison rights case, but the judge who authored the decision clearly was aware that it had major implications for employment law.

And the official explanation for their removal contradicts the Trump administration’s reasoning in several LGBTQ-related Supreme Court cases.

Aimee Stephens came out as a transgender woman and announced her decision to medically transition at the same time I was preparing for my own transition. That isn’t our only similarity.

If the court rules against LGBTQ rights, trans people who live outside of cities and states with inclusive nondiscrimination laws will need legal umbrellas. Here is one that some, though not all, might be able to use.

If an employer would fire both gay men and lesbians, the Trump administration says that’s not discrimination, it’s perfectly legal.

One of the men, a waiter, is gay; the other, a busser, is a straight friend of the waiter.

The deal now says that protections for federal employees are enough so the US has already met the standard.

The Department of Justice said that it’s perfectly legal to discriminate against transgender people… but it wants the court to say it’s OK to discriminate against gay people first.