Civil Rights: LGBTQIA+ Discrimination.
PRACTICE AREA:
These are basic aspects of life that members of our community have to fight for, when in fact, they are entitled to them. Simply the same rights accommodations and courtesies extended to every other person in our state.
There are several different types of policies and laws, on the federal level, and and the State level to protect individuals from various forms of discrimination. We aggressively represent and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning individuals at the workplace, in restaurants and at the realtor's office.
- 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.
