TIMEOne of the oldest debates in contemporary social science is why women earn less than men. … A new study looks at this problem in a wonderfully inventive way. In previous studies, academics have looked at variables like years of education and the effects of outside forces such as nondiscrimination policies. But gender was always [...]
Today, in the first ever victory directly on this point, the ACLU won a federal court decision holding that discrimination against a transgender person constitutes per se sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. In Schroer_v_Billington, Judge James Robertson of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Library of [...]
Jillian Weiss (Ramapo College) has a new web page for people interested in transgender employment issues: HR managers, lawyers, employees, others. You can sign up here
The Jewish AdvocateBy Vladimir Shvorin At Yeshiva University in New York City, the battle over the status of Joy Ladin, a tenured English professor … who recently underwent gender alteration, has culminated in an unofficial reinstatement. But as Ladin reassumed her duties this week, some questioned the university's decision."I think [interpreting Yeshiva's decision] depends on [...]
Maryland's highest court ruled yesterday that the initiative to repeal the portion of a county law prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity could not go forward on this year's ballot. Legally, the ruling (which has not yet been published) appears to have been based on technical aspects of election law – whether the proponents collected [...]
From an interview with Barney Frank at the Democratic National Convention, on congressional races in the coming election:"It’s most important that we increase [the number of Democrats] in the Senate and I believe we will by at least five, maybe seven or eight and that’s going to be very important because that is where we’ve [...]