Transgender Oregon Teacher Partly Advances Bias, Reprisal Suit

A Portland, Ore., school district must face several claims by a transgender employee who says she was discriminated and retaliated against after she began noticeably transitioning, a federal court ruled.

The former ninth-grade science teacher’s allegations under state family medical leave, sick leave, and whistleblower laws didn’t need to be dismissed just because they reference some events that occurred more than 180 days prior to her giving Centennial School District No. 28J notice of her claims, the US District Court for the District of Oregon said. There’s no dispute the Oregon Tort Claims Act notice deadline applies to the state ...