U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
On March 7, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc.
that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects “transgender” persons
from employment discrimination. This case involves a man whose
employment at a funeral home was terminated when he informed his
employers that he was going to being dressing as a woman and
“transitioning.”
Idaho
On March 5, 2018, a federal judge in Idaho ruled that the state law barring individuals from changing the gender on their birth certificates is unconstitutional.
Montana
On March 12, 2018, a federal court in
Montana ruled against a polygamous trio, who had argued that the state
could not refuse to issue another marriage license for the second
marriage in 2015, in view of the changing definition of marriage.
Maryland
On March 13, 2018, a federal court in
Maryland ruled that a student’s right to use the bathroom and locker
room in accordance with her “gender identity” is protected by Title IX
as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
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