Tracy Parker, a former client whom I represented before the EEOC, has received a ruling in her favor from an Ohio federal court regarding her Title VII and Ohio state claims against her employer. She is a hero for all that she has endured, and her willingness to stand up for her rights in the face of persistent bullying. The court found that her claims of serious workplace harassment and termination were sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss her case before trial. However, the court ruled against her on federal ADA claims and Ohio state claims against co-workers. The court rejected the holding in Blatt v Cabela’s, an opinion from a federal court in Pennsylvania that had found that the ADA protects trans workers despite a cruel and outdated exclusion of trans people from the ADA’s protection. We have come so far, and yet there is so far to go. https://ift.tt/2HHN6Fq
