Document Type
Article
Publication
Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy
Year
2008
Citation Information
Jennifer S. Hendricks, Instead of ENDA, a Course Correction for Title VII, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 209 (2008), https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://www.northwesternlawreview.org/online/date/1108&httpsredir=1&article=1143&context=nulr_online, available at http://scholar.law.colorado.edu/articles/967/.
Abstract
In September 2008, the D.C. federal court issued a landmark decision holding that discrimination against a transgender person was sex discrimination under Title VII. This decision throws into sharp relief the ongoing debates among supporters of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act about whether the compromise on including protection for gender identity claims. Consideration of ENDA in some form will likely be early on the agenda of the next Congress, especially under a Democratic administration likely to support the bill. This essay proposes an alternative to ENDA that would embrace the theoretical connections between sex, gender, and sexual orientation, with important practical consequences for the relief available to plaintiffs.
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