Obama approves lesbian nominee in recess appointment
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View ArticleCongress to probe Library of Congress discrimination charge
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View ArticleCelebrating historic week for trans Americans
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View ArticleLesbian officers accuse D.C. police of discrimination
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View ArticleYear in Review: EEOC issues landmark decision banning trans bias
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View ArticleU.S. Attorney challenges use of civil rights law
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View ArticleLesbian EEOC commissioner re-nominated for 2nd term
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View ArticleTrans victims of workplace bias find relief in historic decisions
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View ArticleIndiana professor files bias complaint
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View ArticleEEOC settles trans discrimination lawsuit
Lakeland Eye Clinic as part of the EEOC settlement agreed to ban discrimination based on ‘sex-or-gender-based preferences, expectations or stereotypes.’ LAKELAND, Fla. — A Florida eye clinic has paid...
View ArticleAnti-gay workplace bias barred under existing law: EEOC
EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) In a historic decision, the agency of the U.S. government charged with enforcing employment civil rights law determined on...
View ArticleFeldblum explains new gay employment protections
Chai Feldblum serves on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission delivered a landmark ruling last week...
View ArticleEquality Act is the LGBT rights bill we need
(Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) In 1974, the Equality Act was introduced to add sexual orientation throughout the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Twenty years later, for various political reasons,...
View ArticleNursing home settles discrimination complaint
Jessi Dye (Photo courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center) FALKVILLE, Ala. —A transgender woman has reached a settlement with the nursing home that fired her because of her gender identity. The...
View ArticleGay Va. man files EEOC complaint against Catholic diocese
John Murphy claims in a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the Catholic Diocese of Richmond fired him from his job at an assistant living facility because he is gay...
View Article‘Sexual orientation,’ missing from Metro job ads
A series of posters on Metro trains advertising job openings omitted sexual orientation and gender identity. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority plans to make changes in job recruitment...
View ArticleGay Va. man ‘kicked in the stomach’ by Catholic diocese
John Murphy, right, and his husband, Jerry Carter, at their Richmond, Va., home on Feb. 27, 2016. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers)RICHMOND, Va. — John Murphy was on a conference call in...
View ArticleEEOC files first sexual orientation discrimination lawsuits
(Image public domain)The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday filed its first two sex discrimination lawsuits based on sexual orientation. The EEOC in a lawsuit that it filed in U.S....
View ArticleEEOC sues Md. company for discrimination
(Image public domain) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore on March 1 against Maryland-based Pallet Companies on behalf of Yolanda Boone who...
View ArticleFinally, progress for LGBT federal employees
(Image public domain) Most people would be shocked to know that, until fairly recently, it was legal for a federal agency to fire an employee for being LGBT unless the employee could show that the...
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