Bank of America will pay $7,500 to settle the first action to enforce the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new rule prohibiting home lenders from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Does state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination protect a heterosexual employee who claimed he suffered from a hostile work environment because he was perceived to be a homosexual? One state court just answered that question in the negative.

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The 2nd Circuit should strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection rights of same-sex couples, a trio of state Attorneys General argues in a new brief.

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Employers aren’t supposed to be clairvoyant when it comes to job applicants. So it’s hard to fathom why a transgendered Minnesota man ever expected to hold UPS liable for discrimination when he couldn’t even show the shipping company was aware ...

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A federal court jury has awarded $4.5million to an openly gay former University of Michigan student body president who accused a former state attorney of stalking and defaming him, his lawyer said.

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WASHINGTON – One day after President Barack Obama said in a television interview that he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, the chairman of a Senate committee on workplace issues called for a hearing on the long-stalled Employment ...

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As usual, there were a number of noteworthy decisions from federal and state courts in 2011: 1. Topping the list is the 11th Circuit’s decision to strike down the individual mandate in the new federal healthcare reform law. The federal ...

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A stagehand who claims he lost work on country music awards shows because he is gay has won a federal court ruling that allows him to pursue a discrimination lawsuit against the Nashville, Tenn. local of the theater workers union.

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An Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who claimed he was the victim of retaliation for being gay awarded $1.16 million by a jury.

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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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