Aidan Hookey | Australian National U. College of Law, AU, Author at JURIST - Commentary

Connecticut law offers comprehensive protection for transgender people

Aidan Hookey | Australian National U. College of Law, AU

June 20, 2011 01:00:00 pm

Jennifer Levi : "Recently, the Connecticut Senate passed a bill that adds the phrase "gender identity or expression" to all existing state sex discrimination laws. The Senate's passage followed...

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