“Twelve people in Oklahoma understood that this trans woman was discriminated against, and they should have their verdict back, and she should have her life back,” said Jillian Weiss, an employment discrimination lawyer who is representing Ms. Tudor.
By Erica L. Green
WASHINGTON — The only thing Rachel Tudor wants more than to be herself is to teach.
After transitioning from male to female in 2007, Ms. Tudor, a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, applied for tenure to ensure she could do both. But her path was blocked by members of the university’s administration, including one who wondered if she could be fired for her new gender identity. In 2011, she was out of a job.
Nine years later, the Supreme Court seemed to confirm on Monday that the university’s actions violated Ms. Tudor’s civil rights, when six justices ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act extended to gender identity. Ms. Tudor’s long-stalled federal employment suit was granted new life.
“When I read what they decided, I felt a page had turned not only in my life, but in the nation’s, and in the history of civil rights,” Ms. Tudor said in an interview on Tuesday. “I hope that as a result of the Supreme Court decision, no one else will have to live with the dilemma of having to choose between doing what they love and being who they are.”
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