EEOC determines Title VII protects transgender workers

Lathrop & Gage LLP: In what is being called a “landmark decision,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently concluded that discrimination against an individual because that individual is transgender constitutes discrimination “based on sex” and therefore violates Title VII.
Title VII prohibition against discrimination based on sex applies to transgender status

Lowenstein Sandler PC: Pursuant to a recent decision issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), discrimination based on gender identity, change of sex, or transgender status now constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).
The EEOC opens the door to Title VII protection for transgender employees

Littler Mendelson: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) recently ruled, in what many have described as a ground-breaking decision by the Commission, that a complaint of discrimination based on "gender identity, change of sex, and/or transgender status" is cognizable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).

SOURCE:U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).