Kansas Settles Highway Patrol Trans Discrimination Lawsuit

Like it or not . . . Times change along with the code of professional conduct. 

Here's a pricey life lesson from Kansas . . .

"The ex-employee was a buildings and grounds manager in the patrol's Topeka headquarters and sued after being fired in June 2022. The patrol said the ex-employee had been accused of sexual harassment and wasn't cooperative enough with an internal investigation. The lawsuit alleged that reason was a pretext for terminating a transgender worker.

"The settlement came four months after U.S. District Judge John Broomes rejected the state's request to dismiss the lawsuit before a trial. Broomes ruled there are "genuine issues of material fact for a jury to settle."

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Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a suit over a transgender Highway Patrol employee's firing

Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender.