"A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that a transgender woman could move forward with a sex discrimination lawsuit against her employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act, even though the ADA explicitly excludes transgender people from protection.
The plaintiff, Kate Lynn Blatt, becomes the first transgender person to be allowed to sue under the ADA for gender dysphoria, according to her Philadelphia-based lawyer, Neelima Vanguri.
...Blatt is suing her former employer, the retail chain Cabela's Inc, for sex discrimination, saying she was fired after a pattern of harassment that included denying her use of the women's bathroom and temporarily forcing her to wear a name tag with her male name given at birth..."
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