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<\/p>\nSenate Democrats Demand Jeff Sessions Restore Protections for Transgender People Under Title VII<\/b><\/p>\n
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Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a policy<\/a> that protected transgender people under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n Senate Democrats sent Sessions a letter on Thursday demanding that the policy be restored.<\/p>\n The Hill reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n In a\u00a0letter to Sessions<\/a>\u00a0dated Nov. 2 and signed by 44 Democratic and independent senators, the lawmakers write that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\u2019s prohibition against sex<\/a> discrimination applies to gender identity\u00a0and that Sessions\u2019 actions have put some of \u201cthe most vulnerable Americans\u201d at risk of discrimination.<\/p>\n \u201cActions that roll back the rights of LGBTQ Americans are not consistent with the values of equality and dignity or with Congress\u2019s goals in passing the Civil Rights Act,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n \u2026In the letter to Sessions, the\u00a0senators write that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as several federal courts, have repeatedly affirmed that Title VII does encompass gender identity.<\/p>\n \u201cBy reversing the Department\u2019s enforcement of Title VII on behalf of transgender people, you are sending a signal that DOJ will now condone and defend those who discriminate on the basis of an individual\u2019s gender identity or history of gender transition,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n Read the letter HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Senate Democrats Demand Jeff Sessions Restore Protections for Transgender People Under Title VII<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\nRELATED:\u00a0Jeff Sessions Reverses Policy That Protects Transgender People from Discrimination Under Title VII of Civil Rights Act<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n