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fromScary Mommy
3 days ago

State Prisons Are Turning Away Women After Scanners Pick Up Tampons

"Women were turned away after traveling to see their incarcerated loved ones and barred from future visits for six months or even indefinitely - all because they were on their period," a post from the NYCLU's Instagram page reads. "This is a clear act of sex discrimination. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision must restore these women's visitation rights and change screening procedures immediately to accommodate the basic fact that some visitors will be menstruating."
Social justice
#tsa
Higher education
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Concordia University told to reinstate women's teams while Title IX lawsuit plays out

A federal judge ordered Concordia University to reinstate women's swimming and tennis teams pending a Title IX sex-discrimination lawsuit after program cuts amid $25.5M upgrades.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

We Found the Perfect Candidate for Our Open Role. I'm Tempted to Reject Her for Her Own Sake.

Dear Undecided, Hire Rhonda. She is an adult who presumably knows how large her breasts are, and if she is as impeccably qualified as you say, then she knows how to handle middle schoolers. Also, not hiring someone because of the size of their breasts could be considered discrimination because someone's sex is a protected class. Fun fact, if you didn't want to hire Rhonda because she was short or had blue eyes, that would actually be legal (although still gross!).
Careers
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Police sexual misconduct complaints skyrocket but half of claims go uninvestigated

Police sexual misconduct complaints doubled over five years while more than half of such claims went uninvestigated.
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Judge denies Meta's request to dismiss sexual harassment lawsuit filed by early employee | TechCrunch

U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein, who is overseeing the case, ruled this month that parts of Stonelake's suit had merit, and the case will move forward. "I hope this ruling encourages others who have experienced discrimination and toxic workplace cultures to consider the courts as one way to push for justice and accountability," Stonelake said in a statement given to TechCrunch.
US news
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
4 months ago

Appreciate your sex-or else: The Supreme Court's strange new commandment

The Supreme Court ruling supports Tennessee's SB-1, which mandates minors adhere to their assigned sex despite its clear references to sex.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Married banker sacked over affair with his co-worker sues for sex discrimination

Stanislav Stepchuk was dismissed for misconduct after a disciplinary procedure found that he had acted inappropriately in pursuing sexual relations with the co-worker.
US news
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

House Dems urge gay Treasury Secretary Bessent not to scrap sexual orientation discrimination reporting tools

House Democrats warn of potential removal of protections for LGBTQ+ federal workers by Treasury under Secretary Scott Bessent.
NYC LGBT
fromwww.nytimes.com
7 months ago

Judge Rules Against Trump Administration on Passport Changes

The court ruled that passports must reflect the self-identified gender of transgender individuals, rejecting the Trump administration's discriminatory policy.
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