Transgender Workplace Law & Diversity

BY JENNY B. DAVIS AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL OCTOBER 1, 2021, 1:40 AM CDT As corporate America continues to publicly display the rainbow motif to promote its recognition of LGBTQ rights, ...

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U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla let stand a social worker's hostile work environment claim under the NYCHRL, which the judge noted has a looser standard of review than its state or fed...

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A PANEL OF THREE FEDERAL JUDGES DETERMINED RACHEL TUDOR DESERVES HER OLD JOB AS A TENURED-TRACK PROFESSOR AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. Sept. 14, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT By Antonio Planas...

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WHO ARE YOUR HEROES IN THE LEGAL WORLD? There are many! Judge Roselyn Richter was legal writing professor my law School and watching her career has influenced me greatly. She has overcome many o...

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by Angela Morris The Texas Lawyer > Weiss, the plaintiff’s attorney, said that she is pleased the > Fifth Circuit acknowledged that LGBTQ workers are protected under > Titl...

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The ruling was significant because many employers weren't certain what constitutes discrimination and often failed to give these complaints proper scrutiny, explains attorneyJillian Weiss, whose ...

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SHE WAS HIRED TO DIVERSIFY A “PROGRESSIVE” PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT A TRANSGENDER TEACHER CLAIMS SHE FACED MONTHS OF RAMPANT DISCRIMINATION — CULMINATING IN A WITCHHUNT BY PARENTS WHO CLAIMED SH...

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  Workplace discrimination can have a serious impact on transgender workers’ well-being, including their mental health.It is one of the reasons transgender individuals are twice as likely...

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Gender Identity and the Law is the first law textbook to focus on the legal treatment of transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary individuals, primarily through U.S. materials but a...

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Transtech Summit thanks The Law Office of Jillian T. Weiss, one of this year's gold sponsors for the TransTech Summit.

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  As if to highlight the importance of recognizing the unique struggles transgender people continue to face in the workplace and other institutions, a case that’s been in and out of court...

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The case is Tudor v. Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 18-6102. For Tudor: Jillian Weiss For the school: Zach West of the Oklahoma Attorney Ge...

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Jillian Weiss is one of the sponsors of the WorldWide TransTech Summit taking place November 14-15, 2020.

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Jillian Weiss will be speaking at the WorldWide TransTech Summit. Her session "The 4 Steps to Protect Yourself Legally from Job Discrimination" will focus on steps to protect yourself legall...

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For the third consecutive year, Lawdragon is proud to publish its indispensable guide to the heroic lawyers throughout the U.S. working to ensure that workers’ rights are respected and fairly c...

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  Jillian Weiss, a New York-based transgender civil rights attorney, said the Trump administration is “doing its best to engage the LGBTQ community in a game of whack-a-mole” after havi...

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  Jillian Weiss, a New York-based transgender advocate who has been critical of Harris’ handling of trans inmate cases, said via email to the Blade she believes the vice presidential cand...

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“Religion is one of the few areas that conservatives have to hang their hat on,” said Jillian Weiss, special co-counsel to Outten & Golden, who works with the firm’s LGBTQ workplace rights ...

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After promoting the trans legal case “because of sex” for years, I tried to get the national LGBTQ, and particularly trans, organizations to recognize our success post-Macy. They would have n...

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Jillian Weiss joins host Callie Wright for a discussion of the meaning and effects of Bostock v. Clayton County, the June 15 decision holding that gay and trans people are protected from discrimi...

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  “The arguments raised by Saks in that case, that transgender employees are not protected, it caused a firestorm for them because of the fact that they are a retailer that has a lot of p...

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> “Twelve people in Oklahoma understood that this trans woman was > discriminated against, and they should have their verdict back, and > she should have her life back...

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> Courts in conservative states have issued rulings saying they follow > Title VII, and those states will likely yield to the federal law, > said Jillian Weiss, an atto...

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The Supreme Court decision gives plaintiffs leverage, but companies large and small are still expected to face legal cases over their policies. > Ms. Weiss said she expected the decision�...

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For the majority of his career at Unified Police Department, Taylor Scruggs loved his work. If he wasn’t taking phone calls or writing reports, he said, he was being proactive, out finding...

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