Justice Department Finds ATF Discriminated Unlawfully in Transgender Discrimination Case

The Justice Department’s Complaint Adjudication Office (CAO) issued a decision on July 8 holding that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in 2011 when it denied a position as a contract Ballistics Forensic Technician to an applicant who was in the process of transitioning from male to female.  In its first such ruling, the CAO applied an earlier decision in the case by the … <Read More>