Federal housing officials sent a memo informing state agencies that investigations into housing complaints related to sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination would no longer be eligible for HUD reimbursements.

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The promise of the Fair Housing Act was simple: No American should face discrimination in the search for a home.

Help us end LGBT discrimination on the job. Congress is poised to introduce federal legislation outlawing LGBT discrimination in the workplace. But we still need your help to persuade lawmakers in Washington that LGBT job discrimination is a problem that ...

The law "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs," said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who wrote the opinion. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the nation's anti ...

Hiring or promotion practices that “prioritizes candidates from underrepresented groups” for admission, hiring, promotion, bypassing qualified candidates who do not belong to those groups. Creating a “safe space” or areas exclusively for ...

When the Supreme Court, led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, ruled in 2020 that federal law protected transgender workers from discrimination, the justices appeared to launch a new era of rights for a historically shunned group.

Legal experts remind business leaders that it is is still illegal for most employers to discriminate against employees because of their transgender status. The Trump Administration’s campaign against transgender individuals does not override federal and ...

A recent executive order by President Donald Trump has sparked much debate on the role of anti-discrimination laws, the treatment of protected classes and the need for meritocracy. The order “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” instructs ...

Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby’s lawsuit against the WBNA is highlighting the issue of how pregnant people are treated in the workplace. A 2022 survey found that 1 in 5 mothers reported experiencing pregnancy discrimination at work. Gillian ...