A federal appeals court in Atlanta is allowing a transgender corrections officer to move forward with a lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections over a hostile work environment.
In November, a three-judge panel with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments from Tyler Copeland’s attorneys, who said that he was mocked and deliberately misgendered while working as a sergeant at Rogers State Prison.
The men’s medium-security prison is in southeast Georgia. It’s recently made headlines due to an outbreak of violence.
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