LGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would…
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Judge: Georgia county can’t deny gender surgery to deputy
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Georgia sheriff's office was illegally discriminating when it denied gender reassignment surgery to a deputy.U.S. District…
Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Jeb Barnes, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and…
Settlement ends police stings in NYC bus terminal bathrooms
By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The police agency that patrols New York City’s main bus terminal has agreed to stop sending…
Black doctors say they face discrimination based on race
By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Dr. Dare Adewumi was thrilled when he was hired to lead the neurosurgery practice at an Atlanta-area…
Here’s why health savings accounts may contribute to inequality
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesA popular way to save for out-of-pocket medical expenses might be contributing to health-care inequality, new research suggests.Health savings…
Massachusetts House OKs bill banning bias based on hairstyle
The bill now heads to the Massachusetts Senate.The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid…
Immigrant families allege discriminatory treatment at clinic
BOSTON (AP) — Immigrant women and families are calling on…
Court: Women-only gym areas violate state discrimination law
In the ruling, Robinson wrote there is no implied customer gender privacy exception to the ban against gender-based discrimination in the state's Public Accommodation Act. The two gyms that…
Riot Games Agrees to Pay $100 Million to Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Riot Games on Monday said it has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit with California state agencies and current and former women…