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Jocelyn Boden, 47, managed the Bath & Body Works store in Utah for three and a half years.
In March, she hired a transgender man as a retail associate. During her first shift together, Borden said she twice introduced the employee as “her” and, in line with her faith as a member of the Latter-day Saints’ Church of Jesus Christ, teaches that gender is an unchanging feature of a person’s “eternal identity.”
Shortly afterwards, Borden was fired. She is at the forefront of non-binary rights in the workplace as the conflict between religious freedom and transgender is growing.
What does Chair Powell say at Jackson Hole?
A year ago, when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave a keynote speech at the Central Bank’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, his message was simple and market-friendly. Inflation has eased, employment growth has slowed, and unemployment has traditionally risen at a recessional pace.
Powell’s next Jackson Hole speech will be set for Friday. What will he say this time?
Inside all women’s “hacker house”
Ava Poole is awake for nearly 24 hours a day. It’s 4am and she’s working non-stop to a presentation about the startup.
As a member of Foundher House, an all-woman “hackerhouse,” Pool was awake with fellow residents in preparation for demonstration day. Over 400 investors, other founders and network members had heard eight women aim to get feedback and funding from AI, fintech, healthcare, climate, real estate and social media technology companies.
It’s a new take on the old concept of male dominated Silicon Valley.
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