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<div class="boxRedLogo"><strong>Workplace Discrimination</strong></div>
<p>Though most types of workplace discrimination are illegal, employers still discriminate based on gender, race/ethnicity, age, physical ability and sexual orientation. Please learn about the <a href="http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html">law</a> so you can fight back when denied wages, jobs or promotion.</p>
<p>If you discover you have been discriminated against, report such cases to the <a href="http://www.eeoc.gov/field/stlouis/">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a> (EEOC). Our closest office is in St. Louis.</p>
<p>Sadly, gay, lesbian and transgendered men and women are not legally protected. This means they can be fired and denied rights simply because they do not conform to what a small group of religious people find morally acceptable. <a href="http://www.hrc.org/">Human Rights Campaign,</a> however, provides lots of information to GLBTQ folk about how to fight back when discriminated against at work.</p>
<p>At SIUE,<a href="http://www.siue.edu/lgbt/"> Safe Zone</a>, provides a place for GLBTQ students to go when experiencing discrimination. Also try the student organizations: <a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/womensstudies/components/Makingwaves.shtml">Making Waves</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2202092627">Gay/Straight Alliance.</a></p>