Amicus Briefs and Civil Rights: Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality Through Legal Advocacy
For over 60 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has been a battleground for LGBTQ+ rights, shaping...
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The Wage Gap and Equal Pay Progress, Part III: Developments in Protections
By Schwanda Rountree, Erica Roberts, and Amira Dehmani In Parts I and II of this series, we...
How Women’s Bills of Rights Impact Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Employees
By Madison Zucco and Luke Lamberti Around the country, Women’s Bills of Rights have emerged as a...
The Wage Gap and Equal Pay Progress, Part II: Intersectional Pay Discrimination
By Schwanda Rountree, Erica Roberts, and Amira Dehmani In the first part of this series, we...
Outed at Work? You May Have Protections
By: Ting Cheung, Xan Wolstenholme-Britt, Neha Sharma, Mary Duggan, and Erin Simard What is...
Groundbreaking Cases in the Seventh Circuit May Have Far-Reaching Effects For LGBTQ Employees
For the second time in just two months, the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued a ground-breaking ruling that will have an enormous impact on countless gender discrimination cases involving LGBTQ people. In April, the Seventh Circuit overturned itself and broke ranks with its sister by holding that employment discrimination “because of sex,” which is…
Executive Assistance for LGBT Employees Is Not Without Its Drawbacks
Last month, President Obama signed an Executive Order barring federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Order simply adds sexual orientation and gender identity to a list of characteristics—race, color, religion, sex, and national origin—already protected under an Executive Order signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and enforcement is to be handled…