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Rulings in favor of Title VII protections for LGBTQ workers on the rise

New rulings from federal appeals courts that have found an existing civil rights law against sex discrimination also prohibits anti-LGBTQ discrimination are shaking up the landscape for protections for LGBTQ pe...

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Federal court rules for gay rights in major employment discrimination case

In a major ruling affirming protections for lesbian, gay and bisexual workers, a federal appeals court in New York City ruled Monday employment discrimination based on sexual orientation is unlawful under Title...

Jameka Evans and Lambda Legal's Greg Nevins

US Supreme Court declines to hear Georgia lesbian’s employment discrimination case

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday morning that it will not review the case of Jameka Evans, the Georgia woman who claims she was harassed in the workplace and fired from her security officer position at G...

Jameka Evans and Greg Nevins

Facebook, Google, Starbucks join in Georgia lesbian’s US Supreme Court fight

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Starbucks and Viacom have joined 71 other companies in an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief supporting Georgia lesbian Jameka Evans in her efforts to ask the US Supreme Court to ...

Jameka Evans and Greg Nevins

Lambda Legal petitions US Supreme Court to review Georgia lesbian’s employment rights case

Lambda Legal on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was reportedly physically assaulted, harassed, denied equal pay and forced to leave her job ...