Issues and Dilemmas Relating to Affinity Orientation Discrimination
...er Identity” has become a complicated factor in the march toward discrimination-free workplaces. • Companies committed to educating the co-workers and the managers about the issues, and the employee is involved in the gender transformation is committed to working with the employer, you can have a very successful outcome. • “Scared legislators” don’t want to do something that the voters are going to overturn. • Many health insurance companies do not offer domestic partner health-insurance benefits. • Large cities are enjoying considerable success at the local level, particularly in large cities with sizable gay and lesbian populations. Most large cities have their own (anti-discrimination) ordinances. Issues and Dilemmas Relating to Affinity Orientation Discrimination • There are no federal laws that cover sexual orientation discrimination at this time • Affinity orientation is not a protected category under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. • WI, CA, MA, HI, CT, NJ, MN, VT and over 125 municipalities have legislation extending employment protection and benefits to gays and lesbians. • Under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, employees may file a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel of the Merit System Protection Board if they are adversely affected by a prohibited personnel practice, such as discrimination based on political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, etc. • “Gender ...