Court Cases

1. Ulane v. Eastern Airlines (7th. Cir., 1984)  (site info) Negative: a federal Court of Appeals ruled a transsexual woman was not discriminated against "because she is female, but because Ulane is a transsexual." Upheld by the Supreme Court. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/polisci/pcurrah/... 2. Rosa v. Park West Bank (1st Cir., 2000)  (site info) Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that federal sex discrimination laws applies to an individual who was discriminated against for cross-dressing, and suggested that Ulane is no longer good law. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?cour... 3. Schwenk v. Hartford (9th Cir., 2000)  (site info) Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that discrimination "because one fails to act in the way expected of a man or woman" may violate federal sex discrimination laws. http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4b... 4. Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (9th Cir., 2000)  (site info) Positive: A U.S. federal court of appeals finds that a transgendered Mexican woman "had a well-founded fear of future persecution and was entitled to asylum and withholding of deportation." http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4b... 5. Littleton v. Prange (1999)  (site info) Negative: Texas appellate court negates 7-year marriage of Christie Lee Littleton because she was born male-bodied. Site also contains documents related to the litigation. http://christielee.net/main1.htm 1-5 of 9. Next »