Gorsuch May Be Swing Vote in Decision Whether Civil Rights Act Protects LGBT Workers From Discrimination
Justices weigh textual conflict over what counts as “sex discrimination” versus what Congress originally intended.
Justices weigh textual conflict over what counts as “sex discrimination” versus what Congress originally intended.
Does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 cover sexual orientation and gender identity?
It’s the Trump administration vs. civil rights groups on federal protections from workplace discrimination.
Plus: Trump forcing U.S. companies out of China?, Joe Arpaio is running again, sex discrimination goes to the Supreme Court, and more...
After the state ends a lawsuit over a transgender celebration cake, the customer files her own civil claim.
Some students at the University of the Arts want the firebrand feminist fired. Where did they get the idea they should be picking faculty?
Does current precedent forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex-based stereotypes apply here?
The Supreme Court allowed the policy to move forward, but the fight is far from over.
But is it actually even needed?
Both sides agree to stand down. First Amendment precedents were on the baker's side.
President George W. Bush was once attacked by the same people for rejecting the very same policy.
The Court voted along ideological lines.
Is he rejecting a customer or rejecting a message? The difference matters.
Justices are being asked yet again to argue about wedding cakes and whether the Civil Rights Act covers discrimination against gay and transgender people.
Masterpiece Cakeshop is back with a new lawsuit over another rejection.
An interesting case now being litigated in federal court in Wisconsin.
Federal court allows a Virginia student's case against school district to continue.
New amendments to rules default to placing prisoners on the basis of their "biological sex."
For any transgender person attempt to enlist, though, it's a new version of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
"Where were these people getting their ideas, I wondered, about gender identity development, about the supposed gender binaries of the world, and about me?"
An interesting incident from England, as reported by the Sunday Times.
"It's dangerous to say that a topic is off the table just because it might be a little bit controversial," says the Wilfrid Laurier University student.
Danica Roem makes history by getting elected to the House of Delegates.
Will the panic fizzle out when people realize the criminal justice system is adequately prepared to deal with actual sex crimes?
"It's time for government to get out of the way and let people live their lives authentically as who they are," says state Sen. Scott Weiner.
Friday A/V Club: Before his transition into the Nation of Islam
Three separate attempts to block memo calling for new ban.
Transgender individuals serve in the military, and will likely continue; Trump's directive will be overturned in court or reversed by a future administration.
Five members of the military disclosed their status. Now they're worried they'll get kicked out.
Economist Deirdre McCloskey explains the roots of "The Great Enrichment" of the last 200 years.
Reason editors discuss the president's management casualties, free speech on Twitter, blowing up Mt. Rushmore, and more.
President Trump's new ban didn't just "blindside" military brass and disrespect equality under the law, it's founded on a lie.
The Department of Justice argues that sexual orientation isn't covered unless Congress adds it.
Who will be ejected under this abrupt reversal of Pentagon policy?
Want to end trans discrimination? Stop forcing people to label themselves.
The culture war can't take a potty break.
Rather than advancing liberty, the controversial law establishes state-recognized beliefs.
Trio of judges reject request by school district to put ban back in place.
There were 3,256 such surgeries in 2016, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But how it got this number is anyone's guess.
Compromise waters down worst parts, but it still screws with students.
Whistleblower who helped make WikiLeaks famous freed after seven years.
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