Court Rulings

“Religious freedom provides no legal basis to discipline transgender workers who violate workplace gender policies, a U.S. appeals court has ruled in a groundbreaking decision.” BPNews

“An Oregon County Court has granted a Portland resident’s request to be designated ‘genderless.’ The 27-year-old video game designer has been granted the right to change his name to ‘Patch,’ only one name, and to be designated as ‘agender,’ meaning no gender.”

“The court ruled in favor of Gadberry, affirming the trial court’s decision that ‘[Gadberry’s] and [McQueen’s] fundamental constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection under the 14th Amendment … will be violated if either is forced to procreate against his or her wishes.’ … . no action can be taken without both parties consenting in writing.” Jurist