Boyes Turner LLP | United Kingdom | 16 Nov 2023
What does it mean to be a man? For centuries, there have been strict traditional expectations of masculinity which boys have learnt to adopt in order…
Rubin Thomlinson LLP | Canada | 17 May 2023
The rights and freedoms of trans people currently dominate certain news cycles, and for good reason. The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking…
Lexology PRO | Australia, Belgium, Canada, etc. | 1 May 2023
The UK High Court decides that a nursing strike is partly unlawful, a US court rules that Uber drivers are subject to arbitration, and Ontario introduces employee protections at construction site restrooms – plus other key updates.
Bowditch & Dewey LLP | USA | 7 Apr 2023
On April 6, the Department of Education issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under Title IX, which would regulate how gender identity factors into…
Miller Canfield PLC | USA | 10 Mar 2023
On March 8, 2023, the Michigan Legislature passed an amendment to the State’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) that explicitly includes…
Bowditch & Dewey LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2023
A federal appeals court in Florida recently weighed in on the national debate about bathrooms and gender identity, teeing up the issue for review by…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 27 Jan 2023
The UK Government's decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill has generated controversy, as has the Bill itself. Understandably…
Studio Legale Previti | Italy | 24 Nov 2022
Sebbene il tema della transizione di genere sia ampiamente dibattuto da anni esso trova riconoscimenti sporadici soprattutto nel settore scolastico…
Lewis Silkin LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Jul 2022
The Equality Act provides that it is unlawful to discriminate against someone because of a protected characteristic. "Religion or belief" is one of the nine specified protected characteristics. "Gender reassignment" and "sex" are also protected characteristics. The Forstater case has become the most prominent case on the potential conflict between "gender-critical beliefs" and the rights of......
Rubin Thomlinson LLP | Canada | 12 Jul 2022
As awareness and understanding of gender diversity grows, more transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming1 persons are feeling supported and…