Civil Rights: LGBTQIA+ Discrimination.

PRACTICE AREA:

  • Discrimination based on transgender status
  • Discrimination based on HIV status
  • Discrimination based on gender expression and identity
  • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
  • Wrongful termination
  • Discrimination by paying an employee a lesser amount for the same work
  • Discrimination in benefits
  • Withdrawing a job offer after being made aware that the employee was part of the LGBTQIA+ community
  • Excluding the employee from business lunches
  • Offensive comments
  • Unwanted and inappropriate touching
  • Inappropriate jokes
  • Name-calling
  • Mockery

  • Sexual orientation/gender identity stereotyping; 
  • Terminating or reducing the employee’s hours for making a gender transition
  • Promoting less qualified employees who are not gay or lesbian
  • Terminating or reducing the employee’s hours for making a gender transition
  • Promoting less qualified employees who are not gay or lesbian
  • According to the Center for American Progress, 1 in 3 LGBTQ Americans faces discrimination.
  • 3 in 5 transgender Americans have admitted to being discriminated against.
  • 15% of LGBTQ Americans admitted to postponing any medical procedures or treatments because they were discriminated against.
  • 25% of adults 18-34 in Colorado consider themselves part of the LGBTQIA+ community.