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Originally Posted by litAKAtor
I did find a case out of DC where a Federal Judge permitted a transgendered employee's claim to proceed stating that discrimination based on a person's transgendered status (which is not a protected category) was an extension of discrimination based on gender (which is a protected category). I don't know if very many courts will accept this extension of the law, but I thought it was an interesting perspective. I am thinking that eventually a case will be appealed to the Supreme Court and a decision will have to be made about whether transgendered people and even homosexual people are to be included in the anti discrimination statute . . .don't think it will be anytime soon - the Court, as it stands, is VERY conservative. . .. .
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OK, now this makes sense to me and my non-law mind, because when I see 'transgendered' I automatically think it has something to do with gender. But I guess it's not the 'gender' that's being discriminated against, but the fact that the gender is changing?
Either way, this is interesting stuff, lol.