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Sessions reverses DOJ stance on discrimination protection for transgender workers
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo to US Attorneys Wednesday stating that Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination does not extend to discrimination based on gender identity.Accordingly, Title VII's prohibition on sex discriminatio (More) |
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Amnesty: Egypt arresting members of LGTBI community
Egyptian authorities are waging an anti-lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI) campaign, having arrested a total of 33 individuals, according to a statement by Amnesty International (AI) on Monday. The crackdown began because of a (More) |
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ACLU sues Michigan over same-sex adoption
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to challenge Michigan's practice of permitting state-contracted and tax-funded child placement agencies to use religious criteria reject qualified prospective parent (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees (More) |
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Indonesia AG's office rescinds policy barring LGBT individuals
The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees. The controversial policy had been denounced by human r (More) |
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Australia Coalition Party proposes safeguards for same-sex marriage postal survey
Australia's Coalition Party on Tuesday released a proposed bill to add extra protections to a same-sex marriage postal survey mailed out to the general public. The survey asks the public to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized, and (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 9 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved $51.35 billion in funding on Thursday for state and foreign appropriations , including $10 million to help fund the UN agency that over (More) |
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DOJ urges Supreme Court to rule for baker in Colorado same-sex wedding cake case
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus curiae brief with the US Supreme Court Thursday in support of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, which was charged with discrimination for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, citing the (More) |
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Australia High Court allows same-sex marriage survey vote
The Australia High Court on Thursday unanimously dismissed a legal challenge to a same-sex marriage postal survey, thereby allowing the general public to vote directly on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized. The focus of the legal challen (More) |
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Buffalo schools settle LGBT discrimination lawsuit
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) on Tuesday announced a settlement with Buffalo City School District to halt discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in the district. The settlement came in a lawsui (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
