Hobby Lobby Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Gender non-conforming access to bathrooms at stores === [[Trans woman]] Meggan Sommerville won a unanimous decision in [[Illinois]] state appellate court that she has the right to use women's room at work on August 13, 2021. She had been an employee there for 22 years, [[gender transitioning|transitioned]] in July 2010, was written up at work for using the women's room in early 2011 and started pursuing legal remedies in February 2013. The decision also allows her to pursue the {{US$|220000}} in damages awarded by the Illinois Human Rights Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schoenberg|first=Nara|title=Illinois court sides with transgender woman in her 10-year battle with Hobby Lobby over the right to use the women's restroom at work|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-transgender-discrimination-hobby-lobby-tt-20210818-eppqa22sbngengmsfkoqkma32a-story.html|access-date=2021-09-13|website=chicagotribune.com|date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824145921/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-transgender-discrimination-hobby-lobby-tt-20210818-eppqa22sbngengmsfkoqkma32a-story.html|archive-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page