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Sexual Orientation Discrimination LGBTQ Fair Housing Act (FHA)

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HUD Says LGBTQ Individuals Protected Under Fair Housing Act

Last year, in Fair Housing Act Prohibits LGBTQ Discrimination, I discussed a related topic: challenges transgender opera singers face in navigating vocal ranges during and after their transition. That article discussed the...more

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Fair Housing Act Prohibits LGBTQ Discrimination

Earlier this year, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held that discrimination against LGBTQ individuals violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Bostock is a landmark decision that will...more

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United States Senate to Consider Legislation Expanding Fair Housing Protection to LGBTQ Community

A bipartisan measure was introduced in the United States Senate in late April to expand fair housing protections to LGBTQ persons. The Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019, introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus...more

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Supreme Court To Answer Question If Sexual Orientation Is Covered Under The Civil Rights Laws

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In a series of three cases accepted for review earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely answer a question in 2020 that will likely impact our federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) and how one of its protected classes –...more

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Best Practices Concerning The Fair Housing Act and Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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Earlier this month we noted that a federal court in Colorado ruled that the Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (although sexual orientation is not contained in the text of the...more

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Fair Lending Director Ficklin Discusses Small Business Lending, LGBT issues, LEP consumers and Inclusive Communities at ABA...

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Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of teaching a class on payments and banking products to new lawyers at the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Institute. I arrived early for the class and got to hear a...more

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