The state attorney general and the Division on Civil Rights on Friday said the DCR has found probable cause in three cases alleging discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
In Monmouth County, an investigation found sufficient evidence to support a teacher’s allegation of employment discrimination and unlawful retaliation after they were barred from discussing gender identity. Also, in Monmouth County, an investigation found that a restaurant violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression, by denying a nonbinary patron service after they were unable to comply with the restaurant’s gender binary dress code, which prevented men from wearing sleeveless shirts while not similarly restricting women.
The announcement comes in the wake of the 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting LGBTQ+ protections after the court sided with a Christian business owner who refused to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings because of religious objections.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin noted that “Nothing about today’s opinion impacts the work that the Division on Civil Rights and I are already doing to protect the LGBTQ+ community at school, in the workplace, in housing or in places open to the public.”
