THE FIGHT SOCAL'S LGBTQ MONTHLY MAGAZINE APRIL 2018

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THEROSTOWREPORT THE BRAINS OF A DANDELION I see that Caitlyn Jenner, the Republican transwoman who supported Trump in 2016 and naively believed that he would help the LGBT community, has changed her tune. Back in the day, Jenner said she’d never vote for Hillary Clinton, the “liar,” and mused that Trump would be “good for women.” Now, she’s calling Trump a disaster, saying he has set the transgender community back 20 years. I was about to question in print why any of us even gives a damn about the opinion of this mindless idiot. I mean seriously, dear Readers. She’s got the brains of a dandelion. I know she’s a member of our colorful and charming LGBT community but still! Then I realized that I was the one who decided to begin my column with her revelations. So sue me, sue me, what can you do me. I love you! SUBSETS OF SEX Speaking of transwomen, we won a fantastic victory at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit the other day. On March 7, a three-judge panel ruled unanimously that a funeral parlor owner, who fired a director for planning to start her transition, had discriminated on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I know we’ve talked about this before, but it’s critical. If more and more federal courts continue to agree that gay and trans bias are subsets of sex discrimination, we will prevail in our civil rights goals much faster than we might otherwise. It could take forever to convince Congress to add sexual orientation and gender identity to Title VII protections against workplace bias and other civil rights statutes. But sex is already protected. Sex discrimination is already against the law in the workplace, in housing, in public education. Ergo, if LGBT discrimination is seen as falling under the general category of sex discrimination, our community would suddenly have the law on our side. Last year, the full court of the Seventh Circuit ruled that gays can sue under Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination, and in early March, the full Second Circuit ruled the same in a >> BY ANN ROSTOW
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