September 13, 2021
Southeastern Oklahoma State University must reinstate a transgender former professor who a jury found was illegally fired, the Tenth Circuit held Monday, saying any lingering hostility between the parties is not nearly enough to keep her from returning.
March 21, 2018
Southeastern Oklahoma State University on Tuesday told a federal court to reject a bid for reinstatement to her job by a former professor who recently won a $1.16 million jury verdict for being denied tenure and terminated because she is transgender, saying it would amount to an unwarranted windfall.
November 20, 2017
A federal jury in Oklahoma on Monday awarded $1.16 million to a former Southeastern Oklahoma State University professor who had alleged she was fired for being transgender, after it found there was enough evidence to show the university discriminated against her when it denied her tenure.
October 26, 2017
An Oklahoma federal judge denied Southeastern Oklahoma State University a quick win Thursday in a suit alleging it denied a professor tenure because she is transgender, saying her claims are stronger than the school suggests.
August 11, 2016
The Regional University System of Oklahoma's general counsel must answer the federal government's questions in a lawsuit accusing a member school of discriminating against a transgender former professor, a judge said Wednesday, rejecting claims of attorney-client privilege.
July 10, 2015
A federal judge left intact Friday a former Southeastern Oklahoma State University professor's bid to intervene in a discrimination lawsuit the federal government filed on her behalf, rejecting the school's claim the transgender woman couldn't show a hostile work environment.
March 30, 2015
The federal government on Monday sued Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the Regional University System of Oklahoma for allegedly discriminating against a transgender employee by denying her application for tenure and later terminating her because of her gender identity.