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04-05-2017, 11:12 PM
There's been a big victory for LGBTQ workers in the fight against discrimination
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It's been a long time coming, but LGBTQ workers are finally a step closer to being truly protected (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-rights-act-covers-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-federal-appeals-court-rules/) from workplace discrimination, according to a ruling from a federal appeals court in Chicago. The judges determined that, under the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, LGBT employees can**t be fired on the basis of their ***ual orientation, the first time that determination has been made in court.
SEE ALSO: LGBTQ people to Trump: We're here, we're queer, and you won't erase us (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/lgbtq-census-2020-questions-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It stems from the case of Kimberly Hively, who sued (https://www.law360.com/cases/551e6c3ca09caa1b530002a6) Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend, Indiana, alleging that the school denied her promotions and eventually fired her (http://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/4/04/appeals-court-says-federal-law-bans-anti-lgb-discrimination) because she's a lesbian. A federal appeals court panel upheld the dismissal (http://www.indystar.com/story/money/2016/07/29/workplaces-can-discriminate-based-***ual-orientation-federal-judges-rule/87707050/) of her lawsuit last year; this ruling reversed that. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/lgbtq-workplace-discrimination/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It's been a long time coming, but LGBTQ workers are finally a step closer to being truly protected (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-rights-act-covers-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-federal-appeals-court-rules/) from workplace discrimination, according to a ruling from a federal appeals court in Chicago. The judges determined that, under the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, LGBT employees can**t be fired on the basis of their ***ual orientation, the first time that determination has been made in court.
SEE ALSO: LGBTQ people to Trump: We're here, we're queer, and you won't erase us (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/lgbtq-census-2020-questions-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It stems from the case of Kimberly Hively, who sued (https://www.law360.com/cases/551e6c3ca09caa1b530002a6) Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend, Indiana, alleging that the school denied her promotions and eventually fired her (http://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/4/04/appeals-court-says-federal-law-bans-anti-lgb-discrimination) because she's a lesbian. A federal appeals court panel upheld the dismissal (http://www.indystar.com/story/money/2016/07/29/workplaces-can-discriminate-based-***ual-orientation-federal-judges-rule/87707050/) of her lawsuit last year; this ruling reversed that. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/lgbtq-workplace-discrimination/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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