Fired Transgender Professor’s Reinstatement Debated at 10th Cir.

A transgender professor who a jury found was fired because of her gender identity should receive reinstatement and full damages, her attorneys told the Tenth Circuit in an argument that follows a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that secured anti-discrimination rights for LGBT workers.

Rachel Tudor’s case could have a wide effect on the types of remedies available to employees who experience discrimination. Worker groups argued to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that if a lower court’s ruling is left to stand, employees who lose their jobs could face a Catch-22 of deciding between taking whether ...