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California Supreme Court upholds law that protects rights of LGBT long-term care residents
The court affirmed protections against willful misgendering in long-term care, with penalties including civil fines and misdemeanors, safeguarding LGBT nursing home residents' rights.
- Today, the California Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to the LGBT Long-Term Care Residents' Bill of Rights, reversing an appeals court that protected employees of nursing homes' speech.
- The opinion defines a violation as willful and repeated misgendering in a resident's presence that the resident perceives as abusive, and enforcement falls under California's Health and Safety Code with civil and criminal penalties.
- Five justices signed the main opinion while two justices filed a concurrence, and California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero wrote criminal penalties appear meant as a last resort, with Attorney General Rob Bonta praising protections for residents.
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California Supreme Court Upholds Law That Protects Rights of LGBT Long-Term Care Residents
The California Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using the wrong pronouns to address a resident or coworker.
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California Supreme Court upholds law that protects rights of LGBT long-term care residents
The California Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using the wrong pronouns to address a resident or coworker.
·United States
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