New Jersey Librarian Files Federal Complaint After Being Fired for 'Gay Lifestyle'
The librarian says he was let go for being who he is.
April 28, 2023
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Equality-Minded Employers Make Queer Parenting Possible
It takes a village to raise a child, according to an African proverb (and Hillary Clinton). That village usually requires an employer that respects LGBT parents.
December 22, 2016
Obama Nominates Lesbian Attorney for Second EEOC Term
Chai Feldblum is the first out LGBT person to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
May 24, 2013
Biden Says SCOTUS to Go After Marriage Equality Following Roe v. Wade
The president warned that equal employment and even contraception could also be on the chopping block.
May 12, 2022
EEOC Files Landmark Lawsuits Against Trans Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two federal lawsuits alleging employers in Florida and Michigan broke the law when each fired a transgender woman.
September 25, 2014
Activists Pressure Barilla to Add LGBT Employee Protections
If Barilla is sincere in its apology to LGBT people, it will amend its equal employment opportunity policy, activists say.
September 27, 2013
Rob Portman Wary on ENDA, LGBT Immigration Bills
Rob Portman explained his views on immigration equality and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act at an event Monday night.
May 7, 2013
Anti-LGBTQ+ Workplace Bias Is Alive and Well. Here's the Recourse
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is adapting to a changing world; one not changing fast enough for LGBTQ+ workers.
June 29, 2022
Florida Man Fired For Saying He'll Marry His Dog
When Ryan Uhler quipped about 'doggy-style love' on Facebook in response to marriage equality, his employers weren't laughing.
July 6, 2015
Topeka, Kan., Now Protects Gender Identity, Domestic Partnerships
The city council of Topeka, Kansas, passed an 'equality package' to extend employment nondiscrimination protections to transgender individuals and those in domestic partnerships.
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May 28, 2014
Antigay Senator Shuts Down Government Dept. Over Lesbian Appointee
Chai Feldman won confirmation to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2010, but Mike Lee calls her views "radical."
December 21, 2018
LGBT Allies Confirmed to Federal Agency
Two candidates with long histories of supporting the LGBT community were confirmed to the powerful Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with a Senate vote today.
December 3, 2014
Ft. Lauderdale’s First Gay Police Chief Fired Over Minority Promotions
The chief's firing comes after four police officers filed a complaint about his promoting practices with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.Â
March 7, 2022
ExxonMobil again votes down protections for gay employees
For the seventh year in a row ExxonMobil shareholders have rejected a proposal to cover sexual orientation in the company's equal employment opportunity policy.
June 2, 2006
Indiana Subway Fires HIV-Positive Employee
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the franchise in Sheridan, Ind., fired the employee after he told his boss that he is HIV-positive.
October 1, 2015
Act Two: Ireland Moves to End Employment Discrimination
A new LGBT-inclusive employment non-discrimination measure has been announced, just days after Ireland's historic pro-equality marriage referendum passed.
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June 3, 2015
Companies that embrace equality
In 2006 a record number of Fortune 500 companies are offering benefits and protections to their LGBT employees. The Advocate highlights 10 additions to its ever-growing list of equality-minded employers.
September 25, 2006
Landmark Employment Ruling Protects Against Anti Transgender Discrimination
In a decision described by one legal expert as "game-changing," the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that existing federal law protects transgender individuals from sex discrimination on the basis of their gender identity.
April 24, 2012
Record-breaking number of gay-friendly companies make HRC list
An unprecedented 195 high-profile U.S. businesses earned a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's sixth annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers, clients, and investors.
September 19, 2007
Louisiana Republicans Vote Against LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections
They claimed that protecting the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination would open business up to lawsuits.
May 4, 2023
Lesbian Georgia welder cites sex discrimination in EEOC complaint against her employer
Megan McDaniel alleges pervasive anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and retaliation at Republic Services.
May 1, 2024