Equal Rights Unequally Distributed
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Thomas Beatie’s pregnancy: What does it change?
Yasmin Nair asks some critical questions regarding transgender rights and apparent obligations in our bourgeois society. In Windy City Times.
Thomas Beatie, a transgender man who has retained his female reproductive organs and is six months pregnant, recently appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Let me be clear at the outset: I support Beatie’s decision. I also [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Detroit Bans Transgender Discrimination
365Gay.com reports that Detroit has become the latest city to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
The City council has voted 8-1 to amend the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance which already bars discrimination against lesbians and gays.
“The passage of this human rights ordinance is a great positive step forward for the City and [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Extending Rights to Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender Americans
Progressive States has an entry on how much of extended rights have we witnessed for the LGBT communities.
Even as the “culture wars” supposedly rage, the reality is that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights are making slow and steady progress across the country. Gays and lesbians now have protection against workplace discrimination in [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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McDonald’s to pay former workers — teens — $505K settlement over sexual harassment
EEOC Says Male Supervisor Requested Sexual Favors, Groped Female Workers
A Durango, Colo.-based McDonald’s restaurant franchise will pay $505,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of young female employees, including teens, the agency announced today.
The EEOC’s suit, [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Pregnant women filing more bias issues
Complaints surged 14% last year; up 40% over decade
SUE SHELLENBARGER
Wall Street Journal
A spike to record levels in pregnancy-discrimination complaints to regulators suggests more women are speaking up about suspected workplace bias.
Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14 percent last year to 5,587, up 40 percent from a decade ago and the [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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A Victory for Working Mothers
By Erin Kodilanen
A new labor law states that as of August 15, 2007 nursing mothers may express breast milk at work. This allows pumping, not breast feeding your child at work, up to, but not exceeding three years after the child’s birth. Article 206-c of the New York State labor law states:
“206-c. Right of [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Erin Kodilanen
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