Federal Eleventh Circuit Rules Repeated Misgendering Transgender Georgia Corrections Lieutenant Gave Rise to Hostile Work Environment

By Jim Cline and Peter Haller

In Copeland v. Georgia Department of Corrections, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a transgender male corrections officer demonstrated that he suffered intentional and repeated misgendering in the workplace. These facts were sufficient to give rise to a hostile work environment claim.

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