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Transgender Issues 3
County Personnel Administrators Association of California (CPAAC) Fall Conference
September 30, 2016 | Presented By: Gage Dungy

Protected Classification

• Transgender AND Gender Transition
are Protected Classifications Under
California and Federal Law.

– California Law (FEHA): Expressly Protects
Transgender and Gender Transition.

– Federal Law (Title VII): Impliedly Protects
Transgender and Gender Transition as Part of
“Gender” Protected Classification Based on
EEOC Interpretation.

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Legal Debate

• California Law (2014) – Transgender Youth

Can Use Restrooms and Participate on Sports
Teams with the Gender they Identify With.

• North Carolina Law (2016) – Overturned

City of Charlotte LGBT Anti-Discrimination
Ordinance and Law Now Requires Individuals
May Only Use Restrooms That Correspond to
Their Sex at Birth.

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Legal Debate

• U.S. Supreme Court

– In August 2016, the Court Issued a Stay on a
Federal Appellate Court Decision Ordering a
Virginia School District to Allow a
Transgender Student to Use the Bathroom of
the Gender Identified.

– Awaiting Fall 2016 Determination if Court Will
Hear Case.

Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.
136 S. Ct. 2442 (2016).

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