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faceless007 · May 14, 2013

Raist said:
Well maybe it's just a language thing. To me an absence of a law banning something doesn't necessarily mean that it's actually legal (which would mean that there's an actual law allowing such thing to happen).

In other words, even if there's no actual law banning discrimination against gender identity in Florida, someone there sueing their employer for such issue would win.

But then again I'm not a lawyer.

Yes. It also mentions cases being overruled, and others that involve things on top of the whole gender/sexuality issue (eg teacher / student relationship).

Again, that doesn't equate to it being legal.

In any at-will employment state, that's exactly what it means, as employers can fire employees for any reason that isn't related to them being a member of a protected class. As the article and graph shows, transgender is only a protected class in 16 states, and is not a federal protected class. So in the other 34 states, it is currently legal.

Zaventem · May 14, 2013

I wish i could pretend to be sad about this person like the rest of you.

Raist · May 14, 2013

faceless007 said:
In any at-will employment state, that's exactly what it means, as employers can fire employees for any reason that isn't related to them being a member of a protected class. As the article and graph shows, transgender is only a protected class in 16 states, and is not a federal protected class. So in the other 34 states, it is currently legal.

So, again, what the hell is this then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission

PK Gaming · May 14, 2013

HELL YES

glad she's alive, and i hope she can get the help she needs

Sophia · May 14, 2013

eldoon said:
Seriously if her surgery was so badly needed instead of lying online she could easily save up, work a second job and get the surgery in a year.

This is seriously harder than you actually make it out to be. Not everyone has a support network sadly, and people can turn to less-than-ideal methods to get money when desperate.

Zaventem said:
I wish i could pretend to be sad about this person like the rest of you.

Now that's just mean, and uncalled for. NeoGAF is not hivemind. Some of us have actually lived with depression before you now?

Raist said:
So, again, what the hell is this then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission

Being able to prove that they discriminated against you in an At-Will state is difficult however. They don't HAVE to say it's your transgender status.

Jinroh · May 14, 2013

I don't understand, it's a girl who wants to become a guy?

That's what the whole thing is about?

Raist · May 14, 2013

rocketknight said:
I will look into it after I finish cooking and eating dinner. In the meantime, here's a link to my state's shenanigans in this arena.

Thanks. See, for me that would be an actual exemple of making it legal for employers to fire people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. I'm assuming that if that jerk wants to pass such a bill, it means that by default people would be entitled to legal actions, precisely because it is not legal. Either way, I hope that asshole will get his ass kicked (and lose office).

Sophia said:
Being able to prove that they discriminated against you in an At-Will state is difficult however. They don't HAVE to say it's your transgender status.

Yes, I understand this. Still doesn't make it legal. In a "people over 21 can legally consume alcohol" kind of way.

Huff · May 14, 2013

Sophia said:
Now that's just mean, and uncalled for. NeoGAF is not hivemind. Some of us have actually lived with depression before you now?

almost everyone on the internet lives with depression

Platy · May 14, 2013

Jinroh said:
I don't understand, it's a girl who wants to become a guy?

That's what the whole thing is about?

Nobody wants to become anything.

She lied about the true reason for the life saving surgery to get funds.

Sophia · May 14, 2013

Huff said:
almost everyone on the internet lives with depression

Then let me move the goal posts and clarify: Major depressive disorder, not merely feeling down.

Huff · May 14, 2013

now whose assuming

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