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| Region | Missouri |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | Gender identity only |
| Start Date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| End Date | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Description | No statewide protections exist, but in May of 2013, the state senate passed a bill giving protections for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation however, the state house never considered it and no state protections exist. In a landmark decision, Democratic President Obama's EEOC ruled that gender identity was included under Title VII protections from the Civil Rights Act (originally written to protect people based on sex discrimination). |
| Sources | http://www.metroweekly.com/2012/04/transgender-breakthrough/ https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/political-fix/senate-advances-gay-rights-bill-for-first-time-ever/article_bdc95872-e906-51f9-b259-bf9ac9e6bb03.html |
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| Status | Gender identity only |
| Start Date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| End Date | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Description | No statewide protections exist, but in May of 2013, the state senate passed a bill giving protections for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation however, the state house never considered it and no state protections exist. In a landmark decision, Democratic President Obama's EEOC ruled that gender identity was included under Title VII protections from the Civil Rights Act (originally written to protect people based on sex discrimination). |
| Sources | http://www.metroweekly.com/2012/04/transgender-breakthrough/ https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/political-fix/senate-advances-gay-rights-bill-for-first-time-ever/article_bdc95872-e906-51f9-b259-bf9ac9e6bb03.html |