Marlean Ames v. Ohio Dept of Youth Services

  1. October 04, 2024

    Justices Take Up Straight Worker's Demotion Bias Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review a discrimination lawsuit by a former Ohio Department of Youth Services worker claiming she was denied a promotion and then demoted for being heterosexual while LGBTQ candidates were advanced.

  2. December 05, 2023

    6th Circ. Unmoved By Straight Worker's Demotion Bias Suit

    The Sixth Circuit backed the dismissal of a former worker's suit claiming she was denied a promotion and demoted by Ohio's Department of Youth Services for being straight, ruling that the lower court was right to find she needed more proof to establish a pattern of prejudice.