As a member of the LGBT community you likely already know what “transgender” means; however, co-workers, employers, and others outside of the community should become familiar with the correct definition as well. A transgender individual is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not match their assigned birth sex. In other words, if you were born a […]

For most people, their sexual orientation is a private subject matter. Whether you are heterosexual or homosexual, whether you are a member of the GLBT community or not, odds are that you don’t feel as though the world, much less an employer, should have the right to ask you about your sexual orientation. At least […]

Discrimination in the workplace was once rampant in the United States. Over the last several decades, great strides have been taken to eradicate employment discrimination, with some success. Discrimination in the workplace is certainly no longer considered acceptable as it once was, though it does still occur. By now, most people are aware that discrimination […]

For members of the LGBT community and their supporters the issue of same-sex marriage has been at the forefront of the fight for equality for decades now. Fortunately, a recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, finally laid the issue to rest by ruling that marriage is a “fundamental right”, […]