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2018

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

Sexual orientation

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Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title Vii: The Promising Road Ahead, Sydney Wright Sep 2018

Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title Vii: The Promising Road Ahead, Sydney Wright

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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"Because Of Sex", Jack B. Harrison Jan 2018

"Because Of Sex", Jack B. Harrison

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

Many Americans currently believe that federal law prohibits discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace. While it is true that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) prohibits employers from discriminating because of an employee’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, courts and legislators have historically been slow to extend these protections to LGBT workers. The result of this reluctance is that LGBT employees remain largely unprotected under an unpredictable patchwork of laws and policies, consisting of presidential executive orders, private employer initiatives, city and county ordinances, gubernatorial executive orders, and …