For the first time, EEOC sues for alleged transgender discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued for alleged transgender discrimination for the first time in lawsuits against a Florida eye clinic and a Michigan funeral home. The suits against the Lakeland Eye Clinic in Lakeland, Florida, and the Detroit-based RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes claim the companies discriminated based on sex when they fired the employees, report BuzzFeed , the Los Angeles Times , the Associated Press and the Miami Herald .



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