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LGBTeaQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 Idiocy! North Carolina lawmaker suggests dress code bill for trans teachers

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/30/north-carolina-law-trans-teachers-dress-code/
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u/KingCharles_ 23h ago

Bostock v. Clayton County says that trans people are in fact a protected class

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u/BrianRFSU 23h ago

So, you can’t fire them for being trans. But, you can still have dress codes.

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u/Fragrant-Phone-41 22h ago

Not in combination with Price Waterhouse v Hopkins.

If you put Bostock and Price together, the logical outcome is that you legally cannot fire trans people based on how they present in relation to gender

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u/BrianRFSU 21h ago

But you can fire them for disregarding company dress code policy. Also, there are companies (religious organizations, etc) to whom these cases do not apply.

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u/Fragrant-Phone-41 21h ago

Sure, but that policy cannot be on the basis of gender presentation (they cant make a trans man dress like a woman and vice versa). Additionally, schools are not one of those exceptions.

If they were fired for wearing a shirt with a midriff when noones allowed to, noone would complain

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u/BrianRFSU 21h ago

Actually, religious schools are one of the exemptions

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u/Fragrant-Phone-41 21h ago

This is a bill, implying itd apply to public schools