Article appeared in The Daily Record, Sept 28, 2009 A gay man who alleged his co-workers harassed him for years has won the right on appeal to take his case to a jury to decide if the co-workers’ actions constituted gender stereotyping, which is unlawful under Title VII of the…
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Article appeared in The Daily Record, June 25, 2012 The EEOC on April 20, found that the term “sex” under Title VII encompasses both biological sex and gender stereotypes, Macy v. Holder, EEOC, no. 0120120821. The case involves Mia Macy, a former police detective who applied for a job as…
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The Court of Appeals has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, applying intermediate scrutiny in holding that the law cannot be applied against a lesbian who wanted a spousal deduction for her federal estate taxes after the death of her partner (see Windsor v. United States, 12-2335-CV,…
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