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Absent BFOQ, Transgendered Employees Protected under Title VII

By Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ), Discrimination, EEOC, Employment Policies, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Sexual Stereotyping, Transgender Discrimination
What does discrimination on the basis of "sex" mean under Title VII? When the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, it prohibited discrimination based on a lot of really big, important categories---such as race, national origin, religion, and sex. Back then, everybody knew what sex discrimination meant—it meant discrimination…
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