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Ex-Kleiner partner wants day in court in discrimination lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A high profile sex discrimination lawsuit in Silicon Valley should be taken private via arbitration, lawyers for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers argued on Wednesday, but the plaintiff, former partner Ellen Pao, wants the chance to tell her story before

Conservative Group Launches Campaign To Defend Anti-LGBT Discrimination

Family Research Council Action has launched a new “Fight ENDA” campaign to lobby against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would prevent employers across the country from discriminating against the LGBT community.

Eight Reasons That Pregnant Workers Need Protection From Discrimination On The Job

The House took the time to vote on and pass a bill banning abortion services at 20 weeks after fertilization on Tuesday, reducing women"s access to reproductive care and potentially skirting the constitution.

BREAKING: Delaware Legislature Passes Transgender Nondiscrimination Act

Andrew Cray is a Policy Analyst for LGBT Progress at the Center for American Progress.

Wednesday afternoon, the Delaware Senate voted 11-10, with one not voting, to pass a law protecting transgender people from discrimination based on their gender identity. When Gov.

West Virginia Democrat Signs On As The 52nd Sponsor Of The Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today announced that he has signed on as the 51st co-sponsor of ENDA.

With the bill’s original sponsor Jeff Merkley (D-OR), that leaves just four Democrats in the senate who have yet to embrace one of the most crucial pieces of legislation aimed at protecting th

Republican: Gays Wear Tutus to Work, So They Don't Deserve Rights

An Idaho Republican official wants to overturn anti-discrimination laws because they would prevent him from firing a gay employer who might show up to work wearing a tutu. Because that is what ALL gay people do in order to function in the workplace: they wear their tutus and commute by rainbow.

Transgender Nondiscrimination Law Passes Delaware House

Kumar Ramanathan is an intern at ThinkProgress.

The Delaware House of Representatives voted 24 to 17 to pass legislation protecting against discrimination on the basis of gender identity on Tuesday.

Civil liberties groups file lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims

New York police accused of religious profiling and suspicion-less surveillance of Muslim New Yorkers in years since 9/11

Asad "Ace" Dandie, a 20-year-old college student and Brooklyn native, thought nothing of the Facebook friend request he approved in March 2012.

California Clothing Store Will Pay $7.5 Million In Racial Discrimination Settlement

Joseph Diebold is an intern at ThinkProgress.

California-based clothing retailer Wet Seal will pay $7,5 million and make a series of changes aimed at reducing racial discrimination after a federal court approved a settlement last week.

Landmark Study Finds Widespread Anti-Gay Housing Discrimination

In the first study of its kind, a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that same-sex couples experience unfavorable treatment in the online rental housing market as compared to opposite-sex couples.