{"id":1610,"date":"2015-04-15T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtforce\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2015-04-15T12:14:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T18:14:42","slug":"eeoc-ruled-in-favor-of-gender-inclusive-restrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"EEOC ruled in favor of gender inclusive restrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/files\/2015\/04\/transgender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/files\/2015\/04\/transgender.jpg\" alt=\"transgender\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/files\/2015\/04\/transgender.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/files\/2015\/04\/transgender-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) delivered a landmark ruling that employees must have access to restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity. In other words: transgender people can\u2019t be forced to use the wrong restroom AND they can\u2019t be forced to use separate restrooms at work! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transequality.org\/blog\/the-new-landmark-eeoc-ruling-explained-workers-have-right-to-restrooms-based-on-identity\">Learn more about what this means and why it&#8217;s a watershed moment for trans people<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent barrage of anti-trans bathroom bills, and other attempts by lawmakers to normalize discrimination against trans people, these type of victories are an indicator that we are continuing to move forward. And we\u2019re well on our way to making all of these policy advances a reality for trans people across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that this ruling is helping to clarify what nondiscrimination means in real life, whether at work, at school, or seeking housing or health care.<\/p>\n<p>The next step in this process is working to pass legislation that provides explicit federal workplace protections, and we\u2019re well on our way. We\u2019re continuing to send a strong message to lawmakers that we won\u2019t back down and that we\u2019ll continue to fight back against discrimination.  <\/p>\n<p>We congratulate Tamara Lusardi, the Army civilian worker who demonstrated tremendous courage in bringing this case, and the Transgender Law Center, which represented Ms. Lusardi.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nHarper Jean Tobin<br \/>\nDirector of Policy<br \/>\nNational Center for Transgender Equality<br \/>\nConnect with Us<\/p>\n<p>National Center for Transgender Equality<br \/>\n1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW<br \/>\nSuite 700<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) delivered a landmark ruling that employees must have access to restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity. In other words: transgender people can\u2019t be forced to use the wrong restroom AND they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/?p=1610\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836,199],"tags":[112310,52303,75525,75524,3019,52300],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-around-the-world","category-lgbt-issues","tag-eeoc","tag-gender-identity","tag-gender-inclusive","tag-gender-neutral","tag-lgbt","tag-transgender"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1614,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}