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Michigan state news
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:08 pm
by boca
Looks like the Governor of Michigan has added "gender Identity or expression" to the anti-discrimination list:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071122/ap_ ... r_michigan
Of course this isn't "skirts for men", however it levels the playing ground significantly.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:52 am
by Skirt Chaser
I knew there had been something in the news worth mentioning here and that's it. Sounds like progress to me!
Re: Michigan state news
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:01 am
by Departed Member
boca wrote: Of course this isn't "skirts for men", however it levels the playing ground significantly.
I'm not sure it does. "Gender Expression" = what? There's a potential danger that a 'bloke in a skirt' could easily be construed (by those malevolent enough) as being 'demeaning to cross-dressers/transvestites or whatever' and thereby
'in breach' of the anti-discrimination rules.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:20 am
by SkirtDude
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:08 pm
by Skirt Chaser
You have a sad but good point, SkirtDude. I bet lots of people go unhired for undocumented reasons that are probably pretty clear from the interviewer's face upon meeting. Not only is that just plain not right but great people who would be quite an asset to a company can be missed that way.