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2016

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Institution
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Comment: Transgender Employment Discrimination Equality In Wisconsin: The Demise Of A Former Lgbtiq+ Rights Trailblazer, Alexandra A. Klimko Jan 2016

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, …