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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2014, 02:39 PM Dec 2014

U.S. extends non-discrimination laws to transgender people

Story here

From the article:

In a memo released yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder said “This important shift will ensure that the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are extended to those who suffer discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status.”