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Comment: Transgender Employment Discrimination Equality In Wisconsin: The Demise Of A Former Lgbtiq+ Rights Trailblazer, Alexandra A. Klimko
Comment: Transgender Employment Discrimination Equality In Wisconsin: The Demise Of A Former Lgbtiq+ Rights Trailblazer, Alexandra A. Klimko
Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review
Wisconsin, once known as “The Gay Rights State” and a
pioneer of the LGBTIQ+ civil rights movement, has
disappointingly failed to create transgender-inclusive
employment discrimination legislation, much like the majority of
American states. As a result, Wisconsin transgender employees
face shocking workplace discrimination with saddening
repercussions felt by transgender individuals who call Wisconsin
home. This Comment identifies the federal, state, and city
approaches that have extended equal employment
discrimination legal protections to transgender workers in the
United States. Further, this Comment urges the Wisconsin
legislature to incorporate “gender identity or expression” to
Wisconsin’s Fair Employment Act as a non-discrimination
category, …