Case history

Who gets to define "gender expression" and "gender identity?" Is it up to the individual, or is it a designation earned and conferred after struggle?

Multi-media maven, B. Scott, was allegedly told by Black Entertainment Television that he couldn't wear high heels and makeup to host the 2013 BET Awards pre-show red carpet.

A former Apple Computer employee has filed a lawsuit charging the company with discrimination among other charges. The employee, Shaune Patterson, worked as a human resources compensation consultant.

Criticism targeting new Department of Public Works head Mohammed Nuru is being dismissed as racism, but Nuru himself was the target of a lawsuit settled earlier

Attorney Angela Alioto accused the maker of Ho Hos, Twinkies and Wonder Bread on Wednesday of racially discriminating against 21 of its workers and asked for $260 million in general …

A schoolteacher is suing the Ravenswood School District in East Palo Alto, California for discrimination. The district said the case is not about discrimination, but a dispute over teaching styles.

"According to my former supervisor, I wasn't 'feminine' enough," Kathy Hoskins recalls. Hoskins, an African American out lesbian, sued her former employer, United Parcel Service, for what she described as …

The UC Hastings Black Law Students Association honored Alameda County Superior Court Judge Charles Smiley '97 and Paul Henderson, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Public

On Monday, jury deliberations began in the civil case of transit officer Johannes Mehserle, who fatally shot Oscar Grant III at a BART station on New Year's Day in 2009.

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Several San Francisco police officers who received suspensions

CrossFit incorporates high-intensity interval training, power lifting, and Olympic weight lifting—but the popular workout's creators aren't taking any cues from the International Olympic Committee

As part of Chic Fashion Week, a local answer to the larger fashion weeks held in cities like New York, Paris and Milan, fashion-minded and philanthropic civil rights attorney Waukeen …

SFPD officer Wendy Hurley's preference to testify openly at her disciplinary hearing before the Police Commission in connection with that controversial cop video at the Bayview station

A patrol special police officer who has patrolled the Mission and Castro districts for more than 16 years will be suspended for 45 days, starting next week.

In a lawsuit that is largely based on the definition of "gender," transgender athlete Chloie Jonsson sued CrossFit for millions in March saying the fitness company barred her from competing

"We take allegations of discrimination very seriously, and we will not tolerate discrimination of any kind in the workplace. We pride ourselves on having a progressive people philosophy and a …

LOS GATOS, Calif. (KTVU/CNN) — Chloie Jonsson's athletic career began about 20 years ago after she broke her pelvis in an accident and was unable to walk for six months.

B. Scott, a popular TV and internet personality who is transgender, is suing BET for discrimination after the network asked him to wear more masculine clothes and then diminished his …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by a transit officer …

A transgender woman prohibited from competing in a strength competition as a female is suing the fitness company sponsoring the competition, seeking $2.5 million in damages.