Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination
Matthew William Green
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Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
Language: English
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Reviews
The author does a great job of explaining the subject of employment protections for those who identify as LGBTQ+ read more
The author does a great job of explaining the subject of employment protections for those who identify as LGBTQ+
As a professor of Gender & Women's Studies, I am not able to say whether the attorney/author is error-free and unbiased.
Green provides an impressive explanation of the history in this area of the law.
There was some technical jargon that could be challenging for anyone who is not familiar with legalese.
Green was very consistent is his use of terminology. He used the same framework throughout the chapter. It was very easy to follow.
This is difficult to say, since I was reading a chapter, rather than an entire textbook. The chapter was self-contained. However, it is difficult to know how it would fit within the context of the entire book.
The text is well-organized in 4 easy-to-understand sections.
The text was simple to navigate.
The text was very well-written. I didn't notice any grammatical errors.
Green did a fantastic job in this area.
The author of this textbook chapter pieced together several relevant examples of employment discrimination regarding members of the LGBTQ+ community. The chapter is comprehensive and impressive.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. A Federal Statute Protecting LGBT Employees
III. Title VII and Sexual Orientation
- A. Early Judicial Perspectives
- B. The Evolving Meaning of "Discrimination Because of Sex"
- C. Stereotyping and Sexual Orientation
- D. Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination
IV. Gender Identity and Expression
- A. Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Stereotyping
- B. An alternative route to protecting transgender employees
Ancillary Material
About the Book
This Chapter will address the current protections that are available to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) individuals who allege they have been victims of employment discrimination. The Chapter's primary focus will be on federal statutory law, particularly Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the focus here is on federal law, Appendix I to this Chapter lists the states that protect individuals from public and/or private discrimination under state laws.
This topic is explored in four parts: (1) a brief overview of congressional efforts to enact a statute to protect individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; (2) discusses Title VII and sexual orientation; (3) discusses ways in which recent courts have handled sexual orientation discrimination under Title VII; and (4) similarly examines early judicial treatment of claims brought by individuals alleging discrimination on the basis of their gender identity and/or expression and explores how the law has developed in this area as well.
About the Contributors
Author
Matthew W. Green Jr. is an associate professor of law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Professor Green has taught courses in employment discrimination, employment Law, disability law and a seminar on sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. His scholarship focuses on employment discrimination, sexual orientation and the law and workplace retaliation. He earned his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law and LL.M. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.