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One study found that 71% of transgender respondents made efforts to hide their gender or gender transition to avoid discrimination, while 57% reported delaying their gender transition to avoid discrimination. [161] Transgender individuals also face discrimination within the LGBT+ community, especially from cisgender gay men and lesbians. [166]
The Equality Act was a bill in the United States Congress, that, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and IX) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service.
Attitudes toward minorities have been marked by discrimination in the history of the United States. Many forms of discrimination have come to be recognized in American society , particularly on the basis of national origin , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] race and ethnicity , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] non-English languages , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] religion , [ 6 ] gender ...
United Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc. is a decision by the Supreme Court establishing that private sector policies which allow men but not women to knowingly work in potentially hazardous occupations is gender discrimination and violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 ...
At the start of 2010, the Obama administration included gender identity among the classes protected against discrimination under the authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On April 15, 2010, Obama issued an executive order to the Department of Health and Human Services that required medical facilities to grant ...
Leaders, including Ida B. Wells, Hallie Quinn Brown, and Mary Church Terrell, addressed issues of American race and gender discrimination when they traveled abroad. The International Council of Women of the Darker Races brought together women of color to eliminate language, cultural, and regional barriers.
In 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's ban on sex-based discrimination, which will take effect by January 2014, "extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity or failure to conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity and femininity." [43]
Map of states that have sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination prohibited in public and/or private employment via state statute, executive order, regulation, and/or case law. Note: Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is also prohibited under federal law.