Georgia will pay $250,000 to fired university director who advocated for free chest binders

Georgia will pay $250,000 to fired university director who advocated for free chest binders

This story originally appeared on Them.The state of Georgia has settled a lawsuit from a former Georgia Southern University employee who said she was fired for objecting when the school didn’t want to provide free chest binders to students, CBS News Atlanta reported on Thursday. Gemma Skuraton, who was formerly Georgia Southern University’s director of student wellness and health promotion, will receive a settlement of $250,000. She had sued the…

Georgia, GSU settle lawsuit by administrator fired over LGBTQ+ support

In what the plaintiff’s attorneys have dubbed “a major win for LGBTQ rights on college campuses,” the state of Georgia’s Board of Regents and Georgia Southern University’s Vice President of Student Affairs Shay Little have agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Gemma Skuraton, GSU’s former director of health and wellness. Skuraton was fired in 2025 for opposing the school’s decision to rollback rights of transgender and nonbinary st…

Former Georgia Southern employee awarded $250,000 in wrongful termination suit

The University of Georgia Board of Regents and Georgia Southern University reached a $250,000 settlement this week to resolve a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former director Gemma Skuraton, who alleged she was fired for advocating for gender-affirming care funding. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

Georgia Southern Settles Fired Wellness Director's Suit for $250K

Georgia Southern paid $250,000 to settle Gemma Skuraton's lawsuit over her 2025 firing tied to a chest binder proposal for trans students.