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Married On Sunday, Fired On Monday: Approaches To Federal Lgbt Civil Rights Protections, Lisa Bornstein, Megan Bench
Married On Sunday, Fired On Monday: Approaches To Federal Lgbt Civil Rights Protections, Lisa Bornstein, Megan Bench
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Virginia Is For (Lovers) Business Owners Who Feel The Human Rights Commission Poses A Threat To Their Religious Liberties, Sarah Miller
Virginia Is For (Lovers) Business Owners Who Feel The Human Rights Commission Poses A Threat To Their Religious Liberties, Sarah Miller
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
In November 1992, the Arlington County Board voted to add "sexual orientation" to the group of classes protected under its antidiscrimination policy. When a store owner was sued for violating this policy in 2006, he countersued, claiming that Arlington did not have the power to enact such a policy. His claim was based on the existence of a strongly state-centered power hierarchy unique to a very small minority of states, including Virginia, laid out in the Dillon Rule. Virginia's use of the Dillon Rule basically cripples its municipal corporations by injecting uncertainty into the process of enacting local legislation and …
Autonomy, Gay Rights And Human Self-Fulfillment: An Argument For Modified Liberalism In Public Education, Vincent J. Samar
Autonomy, Gay Rights And Human Self-Fulfillment: An Argument For Modified Liberalism In Public Education, Vincent J. Samar
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Tumbling Towers As Turning Points: Will 9/11 Usher In A New Civil Rights Era For Gay Men And Lesbians In The United States?, Susan J. Becker
Tumbling Towers As Turning Points: Will 9/11 Usher In A New Civil Rights Era For Gay Men And Lesbians In The United States?, Susan J. Becker
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Unprincipled Exclusions: The Struggle To Achieve Judicial And Legislative Equality For Transgender People, Paisley Currah, Shannon Minter
Unprincipled Exclusions: The Struggle To Achieve Judicial And Legislative Equality For Transgender People, Paisley Currah, Shannon Minter
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
This Article examines recent efforts to enact civil rights statutes for transgender people in the United States. Part I provides an overview of the largely negative case law on the issue of whether transgender people are protected under existing sex, sexual orientation or disability discrimination laws. This context is provided, in part, to explain why transgender rights advocates have turned to the legislative branches of government to secure basic civil rights protections. Part II describes the initial successes that have been achieved as a result of this new focus on political activism and legislation. Part III examines the actual statutory …
En/Gendering Equality: Seeking Relief Under Title Vii Against Employment Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation, Anthony E. Varona, Jeffrey Monks
En/Gendering Equality: Seeking Relief Under Title Vii Against Employment Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation, Anthony E. Varona, Jeffrey Monks
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.