"7th Circuit rejects lesbian’s employment discrimination lawsuit", 30 Jul 2016

[T]he 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court judgment dismissing a lesbian’s employment discrimination lawsuit. The decision dealt a blow to LGBT advocates who had hoped the court would find Title VII’s prohibitions on sex discrimination cover individuals who are discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. Kimberly Hively sued her former employer, Ivy Tech Community College...where she began working as a part-time adjunct professor...In 2013, Hively filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claiming that she had been denied a full-time position and a promotion, in violation of Title VII. She later filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleging that, although she possessed the necessary qualifications, the college refused to interview her for any of six full-time positions for which she applied...and chose not to renew her part-time contract, because of her sexual orientation.The district court dismissed Hively’s lawsuit, finding that Title VII does not apply to claims of sexual orientation discrimination. She appealed that decision...[T]he Seventh Circuit agreed with the district court...as precedent for its conclusion...[T]he appeals court said, it is up to Congress to change the law to include protections for sexual orientation...