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WASHINGTON — A bill that would bar workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity was advanced by a bipartisan Senate committee vote.

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WASHINGTON – A bill that would prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered individuals in the federal jury selection process has been introduced in the Senate.

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WASHINGTON – The recent ruling from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission holding that transgendered workers can bring employment bias claims under Title VII is a “game changer” in employment discrimination law, and could lead to claims under the Act based ...

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Transgendered individuals are now protected from employment discrimination in the state of Nevada under new legislation signed into law by Governor Brian Sandoval.

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A bill outlawing job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has been introduced in the Senate.

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WASHINGTON – During oral arguments Monday in a case asking whether a public law school has the right to deny benefits to a student group that excludes gays – and requires all members to share its beliefs – exchanges between ...

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A gay teenager in upstate New York who had claimed he was relentlessly bullied by classmates while school administrators stood by has settled his lawsuit against the school district.

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A gay former engineer at the Christian broadcast giant Trinity Broadcasting Network has settled a civil suit that alleged his employer harassed him for his sexual orientation.

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A California woman has settled a lawsuit against her former doctors who denied her artificial insemination based on her sexual orientation, attorneys for both sides said Tuesday.

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City officials have agreed to pay $1.45 million to a Newport Beach, Calif., police sergeant who won a lawsuit this year regarding discrimination and retaliation.

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