EEOC Sues Over Firing Of Transgender Man For Website Posting

(May 26, 2017, 1:07 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Stating that a transgender man was terminated in retaliation for his posting on an employer-rating website that criticized the employer’s purported discriminatory practices the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on May 24 filed a complaint on the employee’s behalf in California federal court, alleging violation of federal anti-discrimination statutes (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. IXL Learning Inc., No. 3:17-cv-029979, N.D. Calif.)....