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Client Alert: EEOC Releases Updated “Know Your Rights” Poster

Publications • By Tracy Thomas Boland and Chelsie A. Vokes • October 27, 2022

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AiVi Nguyen and Chelsie Vokes Write “How to counter the Shecession” for the Worcester Business Journal

Equality, Women • By AiVi Nguyen and Chelsie A. Vokes • June 8, 2021

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Chelsie Vokes Quoted in Worcester Business Journal’s “The shecession: COVID’s impact on the female workforce could cost trillions in GDP”

Employment, Women • By Chelsie A. Vokes • April 13, 2021

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Transgender College Students Face Higher Rates of Mental Illness

Discrimination, Higher Education, LGBTQ Rights • By Chelsie A. Vokes • October 1, 2019

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Trump Administration Changes Visa Policy for Same-Sex Couples

Discrimination, LGBTQ Rights • By Chelsie A. Vokes • October 4, 2018

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Transgender Rights Up For Vote in Massachusetts

Discrimination, LGBTQ Rights • By Chelsie A. Vokes • September 5, 2018

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Canada Day Brings Equal P’Eh? Protections for Women

Discrimination, Employment, Women • By Chelsie A. Vokes • July 16, 2018

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#BornPerfect: States Seek to Outlaw Conversion Therapy

Conversion Therapy, LGBTQ Rights • By Chelsie A. Vokes • April 12, 2018

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Massachusetts’ Criminal Justice Reform Bill Recognizes LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ Rights • By Chelsie A. Vokes • November 3, 2017

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Secretary Mattis to Convene Panel of Experts to Study Transgender Service in the Military – Can He Do That?

Discrimination • By Chelsie A. Vokes • September 25, 2017

Appeals Court Upholds Illogical Definition of “Sex Discrimination” Under Title VII

Uncategorized • By Chelsie A. Vokes • August 9, 2016