Resources

• UM Allies 

  • In response to the distinct needs of the LGBTQ community, UM Allies provides visible and easily identifiable spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and non-binary students, faculty and staff where support and understanding are fundamental and bigotry and discrimination are not tolerated.

    UM Allies is an opportunity for UM staff and faculty, regardless of sexual orientation, to take a prominent and active role in fostering and upholding a culture of safety and inclusion at UM.

• Montana Human Rights Bureau 

  • The Montana Human Rights Bureau is charged with enforcing certain state and federal laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination. When a person files a complaint with the Department of Labor and Industry's Human Rights Bureau, the Bureau will informally investigate. The Bureau is committed to providing quality education and training opportunities to employers, employees, housing providers, tenants, and all Montana residents.

• Lambda Legal - Montana

  • Founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

• Workplacefairness.com

  • Are you being treated differently at work? If so, is it because of your race, sex, age, disability, national origin or religion? Wondering what other kinds of discrimination are illegal? Get the facts on workplace discrimination here.

• The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

  • If you believe you have been discriminated against by an employer, labor union or employment agency when applying for a job or while on the job because of your race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability, or believe that you have been discriminated against because of opposing a prohibited practice or participating in an equal employment opportunity matter, you may file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

• NOLO.com 

  • Sexual orientation discrimination includes being treated differently or harassed because of your real or perceived sexual orientation—whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual. This type of discrimination is illegal in public and private workplaces in the United States as a result of a 2020 Supreme Court decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. That decision also outlawed workplace discrimination on the basis of gender identity.