DOJ Says Title VII's Sex Discrimination Prohibition Includes Gender Identity

Executive Summary: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Department of Justice now takes the position that Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status. In a press release issued December 18, 2014, the Attorney General stated that he has informed all DOJ component heads and U.S. attorneys in a memo that the department will no longer assert that Title VII's prohibition against discrimination based on sex excludes discrimination based on gender identity per se, including transgender discrimination.



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