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The Washington Post.“The Justice Department’s investigations into prison conditions have been successful at identifying systemic constitutional violations and their causes, fixing those causes and stopping the violations,” Clarke said.

ABC News.Kimberly Erway has requested a jury trial, unspecified damages, and an injunction preventing TSA officials from subjecting other transgender people to similar strip-searches.“Jamii would like to be able to fly again,” lawyers for the Erways wrote in the complaint, “and an order from the Court that would ensure that Jamii would never encounter the situation described would assist in reducing the recurring emotional distress that currently prevents her from doing so.”On its website, the

FlaglerLive.com.A federal judge in Alabama dismissed the lawsuit in 2019, finding that the SPLC’s characterization of Coral Ridge was a form of First Amendment-protected speech, and that Amazon’s decision not to include Coral Ridge in its list of charities benefiting from the AmazonSmile program did not violate the country’s civil rights laws.Coral Ridge then appealed to the 11th Circuit, arguing, in a court filing last year that it is not a hate group, while acknowledging its religious-based

six-page ruling dismissing the lawsuit.“In these cases, the appellants do not have standing to challenge the model policies. Their dissatisfaction with the VDOE’s response to their comments does not create an immediate, pecuniary, or substantial interest in this litigation, but only a remote or indirect interest,” he wrote.

Activision Blizzard staff will hold a strike to show their collective frustration with the company’s response to the lawsuit highlighting bullying, sexual harassment and more within the workplace. As originally reported by Bloomberg, the decision to strike has been building since the lawsuit was filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing on July 22.

brief alleging that the D.C. Department of Corrections’ policy on housing transgender inmates remains discriminatory because it forces transgender individuals into solitary confinement — which can be emotionally and mentally damaging.The organizations first became concerned with DOC’s policy on housing inmates after their client, Sunday Hinton, a trans female, was placed in a men’s unit in the D.C.

settlement, the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District has agreed to create new policies that ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming students have access to restrooms and locker room facilities that align with their gender identity; ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming students can play on sports teams consistent with the gender identity; and ensure that school officials refer to students by their proper names and preferred pronouns.The settlement

KUSA.Phillips, who is likely to appeal the decision, argued that he could not bake the cake for Scardina because of the significance of the cake coloring, which runs counter to his personal Christian beliefs that a person cannot transition from their assigned sex at birth.

The News & Observer, a Raleigh-based paper.Williamson and Speight claim they reported Patrick’s comments to a captain and to then-Chief of Operations Richard Johnson. Williamson also told then-Sheriff Donnie Harrison, who asked about what had been said in the training.Harrison demoted Patrick for the incident.

See also: Federal judge orders Wisconsin to provide surgery to trans inmateShe also accuses the department — as well as six correctional officers individually — of violating the Prison Rape Elimination Act, a law passed in 2003 meant to protect prisoners from sexual assault. In 2009, the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission released a report warning that transgender female prisoners who are housed in men’s prisons are at elevated risk of sexual violence.

The Detroit News.Stephens, a former embalmer and funeral home director from 2007 to 2013, sued the funeral home chain for sex discrimination in response to being fired after telling her boss, Thomas Rost, that she was transitioning from male to female and planned to begin wearing women’s business attire to work.Rost raised personal religious objections to Stephens’ transition, arguing that Stephens’ transition would be a distraction, and demanded that she continue to adhere to dress code

sued the department, alleging that their denial of care violated her Eighth Amendment rights and had only exacerbated her gender dysphoria when she began losing her female secondary sex characteristics. The despair over her gender dysphoria led her to attempt suicide and self-castration multiple times.Diamond also claimed in the lawsuit that during her time at Valdosta State Prison, officials told her they didn’t have the means to protect transgender inmates.

Arizona Republic that her son, D.T., took medicine to stop the onset of puberty and doesn’t need surgery.

Lansing State Journal.See also: Transgender Texas teen says she’s been banned from school until she adheres to male dress codeThe district hailed the judge’s decision as a victory for their students.“The federal court affirmed the District’s intent to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students,” Williamston Community Schools said in an official statement.

lawsuit, which names Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in her capacity as Commander-in-chief of the Michigan National Guard, and Paul Rogers, in his official capacity as Adjutant General of the Michigan National Guard, argues that the ban on transgender military personnel violates McIntyre’s right to equal protection and due process under the law.Furthermore, the lawsuit states: “Not only does the Constitution protect Ms.

NBC Los Angeles reports.In her suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Johnson says she started working for American Airlines in 2012, and claims that while colleagues were aware of her gender identity, she was often referred to as “he” or “him” by coworkers and managers.She claims that complaints about harassment fell on deaf ears, and that one employee repeatedly asked Johnson whether she had undergone gender confirmation surgery, despite Johnson telling them that their questioning was

The New York Post, which first reported the lawsuit.See also: Maine transgender man sues Dunkin’ Donuts franchise for wrongful termination and sexual harassmentAbenante later filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming he was a victim of sex-based discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and discrimination based on sexual orientation, in violation of New York’s civil rights law.On Sept.

upheld by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Because the Davis case was not a “clean vehicle” for challenging the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v.

New York Daily News.After that encounter, Napolitano allegedly promised to use his influence to help Kruzelnick resolve ongoing legal problems related to discrimination he was experiencing at work, and criminal charges that his brother was facing.“I have fixed cases, and I have gotten people off.

states that “every person who is guilty of the infamous crime against nature, committed with mankind or any animal, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than five years.”Lawyers for the plaintiff, known only by the pseudonym “John Doe,” stress that they are challenging only the aspects of the “crime against nature” regarding people, and do not object to the prohibition on sex with animals.In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court found in the landmark Lawrence v.

signed into law earlier this year barring transgender female athletes from competing in women’s sporting competitions.In an interview for HBO’s monthly show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel last week, Idaho Rep.

NPR affiliate WUSF in an interview. “Even though the whole world knows me as Karla, calls me ‘miss,’ they wanted to label me male, and they called me ‘sir,’ and it was very painful to have to endure that.”Because she was treated by prison staff as a male, she lost access to her hair extensions, bra, and hormone medication — all of which were essential to treating her gender dysphoria.

ruled that the U.S. State Department violated the federal Immigration and Nationality Act when it denied Simone Mize-Gregg, a child born via surrogacy in England, a passport because of its refusal to recognize the marriage of her two fathers, Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg, as legally valid.Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, children of married U.S.

agreed to settle the lawsuit and remove all references to gender from the liquor code, at least with respect to how much skin entertainers may show when performing in nightclubs.The ordinance amending the code, which removes references to gender from the restrictions on topless dancing, was approved by the City Council license Committee on Tuesday.

TMZ, Kanye had company officials working around the clock for six months, while bosses invested heavily in the project, even moving headquarters to Calabasas, Calif., and Chicago, Ill., to please Kanye and make the partnership work.But the rapper then cut ties with MyChannel, Inc.

lawsuit, both women claim they’ve experience mistreatment, misgendering, and even been denied adequate care on multiple occasions when they interacted with health care workers, which has led them in the past to avoid seeking care except in emergency situations.

lawsuit brought by a transgender Idaho college cross-country runner and a cisgender high school student who fears she will be subjected to genetic testing because of possible nonconformity to gender stereotypes.Following passage of the law in March, the NCAA — which had previously come out against the proposed law — received three letters from student-athletes, professional athletes, and advocacy groups demanding that the NCAA move the tournament from Idaho, just as it moved several sporting

Associated Press. Mosby tried to appeal her termination, but was unable to, due to a provision approved six months earlier by the city council.Last year, Mosby sued the city, arguing that she should have been allowed to appeal her termination.

lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the state’s policy prohibiting nonbinary people from obtaining documentation with an accurate gender marker violates Saba’s right to equal protection under law, and infringes upon their free speech rights by forcing them to state a gender identity with which they do not identify.

Amber Heard (centre) with her girlfriend Bianca Butti (left) arrive at the Royal Courts of Justice, the Strand on July 27, 2020 in London.