Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Equality Case Files



There are many transgender legal cases to watch this week. Here is a roundup from the excellent Equality Files Roundup. These are the trans cases to watch:

Featured Updates:

Karnoski v. Trump (Military Ban Case)

Doe v. Boyertown (High school students suing because they must share locker room with transgender students appealing order denying preliminary injunction)

Students and Parents for Privacy v. U.S. Dept. of Education (Illinois parents and students, represented by ADF, suing school district over decisions that accommodate transgender students)

Reynolds v. Talberg (Parents and Students alleging discrimination because of their “sincerely held religious beliefs” as a result of the school's policies protecting LGBT students)

Parents for Privacy v. Sessions (Challenge to an Oregon school district policy that allows transgender students to use restrooms, showers, and locker room facilities consistent with their gender identity)

J.A.W. v. Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp (Transgender boy being denied access to the boys' restroom at his Indiana high school)

Vazzo v. City of Tampa, Florida (Therapists, represented by Liberty Counsel, challenging Tampa's ban on conversion therapy for minors)

Blair v. Brooklyn Transportation (Transgender woman suing a school bus transportation service company for employment discrimination)

Tudor v. Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Transgender professor’s employment discrimination suit)

Hicklin v. Precynthe (Challenge to Missouri Dept of Corrections policy barring access to hormone therapy if inmate was not receiving treatment prior to incarceration)

Bost v. Sam’s East and Walmart (Transgender woman suing employer for workplace discrimination under Title VII and disability claims under the ADA and state law)

Adams v. School Bd of St Johns County (Transgender boy being denied access to the boys' restroom at his Florida high school)

Franciscan Alliance v. Price (States and religiously-affiliated health care providers challenging anti-discrimination provisions in the Affordable Care Act)

Doe v. Massachusetts Department of Correction (Transgender woman incarcerated at a state facility that houses male inmates)

Daily v. Technical College System of Georgia (Transgender woman bringing discrimination claim against former employer under Title VII and federal and state constitutions)

Corbitt v. Taylor (Challenge to Alabama policy for changing gender marker on driver’s licenses)

Fulcher v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Appeal of VA’s refusal to amend or repeal a regulation that categorically denies transition-related surgery for transgender veterans)

Stockman v. Trump (Trans military ban) EEOC v. Rent-A-Center East (Employer sued for firing an employee because she is transgender, in violation of Title VII)

Morton v. Spectrum Health (Transgender woman suing her Michigan employer that stopped paying for her transition-related medical care)