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Chicago-Kent College of Law

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2009

Title vii

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Transsexual Discrimination: Discrimination "Because Of…Sex", Tracy Scholnick Gruber Jan 2009

Transsexual Discrimination: Discrimination "Because Of…Sex", Tracy Scholnick Gruber

Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition

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Transgender Teachers As Role Models For A Tolerant Society: The Impact Of Societal Views And Their Influence On Employment Anti-Discrimination Laws, Susannah L. Ashton Jan 2009

Transgender Teachers As Role Models For A Tolerant Society: The Impact Of Societal Views And Their Influence On Employment Anti-Discrimination Laws, Susannah L. Ashton

Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition

This paper discusses the judicial and statutory constructs of the Chambers v. Omaha Girls Club Role Model Rule,3 which protects the rights of employers to take adverse employment actions against unsuitable role models in certain circumstances, in relation to transgender teachers. It includes an introduction to Gender Identity, a brief discussion of how Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination should be interpreted to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and a survey of parental and societal responses to the recent coming out of transgender teachers across America. It argues that adverse action taken against transgender teachers on the …