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Evolving Science May Provide Coverage for Transgender Employees Under the ADA

By Jen Cornell
April 01, 2016

A recent federal lawsuit could change the way employers need to structure their employment policies and procedures as they impact transgender employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

For many years, transgender individuals have relied primarily on state anti-discrimination laws to bring claims of employment discrimination against employers. After the landmark 1989 Supreme Court case Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins made sex-stereotyping a viable claim for sex discrimination under Title VII, courts in a few Circuits ' notably the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the First, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits ' have held that certain forms of discrimination against a person for being transgender is prohibited by Title VII under a Price Waterhouse theory, or equivalent federal laws. For purposes of this article, I will use the word “transgender” as an umbrella term to discuss individuals whose gender identity and/or expression is different than what society might expect based on their sex assigned at birth.

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