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Civil rights law doesn’t apply to transgender workers, says Justice Department memo
[MCCLATCHYDC] The U.S. Department of Justice has walked back a memo issued under President Barack ObamaBecause I won... that extended anti-discrimination protections to transgender workers, according to documents obtained by Buzzfeed News. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reportedly sent a letter to U.S. attorneys saying the Justice Department will no longer interpret the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s Title VII section as protecting transgender workers from discrimination based on their gender identity. "Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses discrimination between men and women but does not encompass discrimination based on gender identity per se, including transgender status," Sessions reportedly wrote. The 1964 law bans discrimination in the workplace, and in 2014 the B.O. regime joined the growing chorus of LGBT activists who said it also should cover the discrimination claims of transgender people, according to Vox. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-06 |
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