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4 days agoSupreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes
The Supreme Court signaled sympathy toward state bans preventing transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports.
"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."
Seven members of the women's swimming and diving team and two women's tennis players allege in a sex discrimination class action lawsuit filed in August that by dropping the programs, the Irvine school is violating Title IX. Judge Fred W. Slaughter agreed, ordering that the injunction remain in place for the duration of the lawsuit. Concordia must immediately reinstate the women's teams and provide them "with funding, staffing, and all other benefits commensurate with their status as varsity intercollegiate teams," Slaughter wrote in a 19-page ruling.
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!).
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.