Comments on: Federal judge rules that refusal to hire based on gender identity is sex discrimination http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/09/federal-judge-rules-that-refusal-to-hire-based-on-gender-identity-is-sex-discrimination/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Left In SF » Court rules anti-transgender discrimination is illegal! http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/09/federal-judge-rules-that-refusal-to-hire-based-on-gender-identity-is-sex-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 Left In SF » Court rules anti-transgender discrimination is illegal! Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:21:05 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4087#comment-2381 [...] as a woman. The Library of Congress freaked and withdrew the job offer. Schroer sued, and this week the judge ruled that the Library acted illegally. This is huge, both legally and politically. It's an enormous [...] [...] as a woman. The Library of Congress freaked and withdrew the job offer. Schroer sued, and this week the judge ruled that the Library acted illegally. This is huge, both legally and politically. It’s an enormous [...]

]]> By: adept42 http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/09/federal-judge-rules-that-refusal-to-hire-based-on-gender-identity-is-sex-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 adept42 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:09:08 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4087#comment-2380 For me, the most amazing part of the decision was where it embraced the argument that discriminating against transsexuals is just like discriminating against religious converts. This seems to mean the decision rests on the idea that gender can be treated as a social group under the law. This sounds like a potentially radical shift for a lot of reasons. For instance, I have plenty of friends who are genderqueer -they don't identify as men or women. Can they now be analogized to atheists? That makes forcing them to go in the men's restroom or the women's restroom look like sex discrimination. Giving them a gendered dress code also looks like sex discrimination: "You don't identify as a man or a woman, but we're forcing you to do so to keep our customers happy." For me, the most amazing part of the decision was where it embraced the argument that discriminating against transsexuals is just like discriminating against religious converts. This seems to mean the decision rests on the idea that gender can be treated as a social group under the law. This sounds like a potentially radical shift for a lot of reasons.

For instance, I have plenty of friends who are genderqueer -they don’t identify as men or women. Can they now be analogized to atheists? That makes forcing them to go in the men’s restroom or the women’s restroom look like sex discrimination. Giving them a gendered dress code also looks like sex discrimination: “You don’t identify as a man or a woman, but we’re forcing you to do so to keep our customers happy.”

]]> By: Court holds federal law prohibits discrimination against transgender employees « Debris http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/09/federal-judge-rules-that-refusal-to-hire-based-on-gender-identity-is-sex-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 Court holds federal law prohibits discrimination against transgender employees « Debris Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:53:05 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4087#comment-2379 [...] prohibits discrimination against transgender employees Posted on September 19, 2008 by eric Feminist Law Professors reports on an historic decision recognizing that an employer’s refusal to hire a qualified job [...] [...] prohibits discrimination against transgender employees Posted on September 19, 2008 by eric Feminist Law Professors reports on an historic decision recognizing that an employer’s refusal to hire a qualified job [...]

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