Editing Fat acceptance movement (section)

===Legislation===
In the 1970s, fat people in the United States began seeking legal redress for discrimination based on weight, primarily in the workplace but also for being denied access to, or treated differently in regards to, services or entertainment. The results of these cases have varied considerably, although in some instances the [[Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA) has been successfully used to argue cases of discrimination against fat people.<ref>{{cite book |last=Theran |first=Elizabeth E. |title=Legal Theory on Weight Discriminationin Weight Bias: Nature, Consequences, And Remedies |year=2005 |publisher=Guildford Press |isbn=978-1593851996 |page=195 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FRszpOfV5o0C&q=weight+discrimination+laws}}</ref> Roth and Solovay argue that, as with [[transgender]] people, a major cause for the variation in success is the extent to which litigants are apologetic for their size (with more apologetic plaintiffs finding more success):
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What is the difference between a million-dollar weight case award and a losing case? Like the difference between many winning and losing transgender cases, it's all about the attitude. Does the claimant's attitude and experience about weight/gender reinforce or challenge dominant [[stereotype]]s? Winning cases generally adopt a legal posture that reinforces [[social prejudice]]s. Cases that challenge societal prejudices generally lose.<ref name="Dylan Roth and 2009 170">{{cite book |last=Dylan Roth and |first=Sandra Solovay |title=No Apology: Shared Struggles in Fat and Transgender Law in Fat Studies Reader |year=2009 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814776407 |pages=168–170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtLWPWNO8gUC&q=fat+acceptance+gender}}</ref>
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The Americans with Disabilities Act continues to be used as there is no USA federal law against weight discrimination; however, the state of [[Michigan]] passed a law against weight discrimination in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ELLIOTT-LARSEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT (EXCERPT) Act 453 of 1976, MCL - Section 37.2102 |url=https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-37-2102 |website=Michigan Compiled Laws}}</ref> The cities of [[Washington, D.C.]], [[San Francisco]] (2000), [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]],  [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]] (1990s), [[New York City|New York]] (2023),<ref name="news.bloomberglaw.com">{{Cite web |title=NYC Worker Protections Grow With Rare Ban on Weight, Height Bias |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/nyc-worker-protections-grow-with-rare-ban-on-weight-height-bias |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2023 |title=Mayor Adams Signs Legislation To Prohibit Height Or Weight Discrimination In Employment, Housing, An |url=http://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/364-23/mayor-adams-signs-legislation-prohibit-height-weight-discrimination-employment-housing- |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The official website of the City of New York}}</ref> and [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] (1970s) have also passed laws prohibiting weight discrimination.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Hannah Harris Green, Marika Proctor, Tony |date=2024-03-29 |title=This is why weight discrimination is legal in most of the U.S. |url=https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/29/this-is-why-weight-discrimination-is-legal-in-most-of-the-u-s/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Marketplace |language=en-US}}</ref> In the cities that have a weight discrimination law, it is rare for more than one case a year to be brought, except for San Francisco which may have as many as six. Opinions amongst city enforcement workers vary as to why the prosecution numbers are so low, although they all suggested that both overweight people and employers were unaware of the protective legislation and it was also noted that the cities with anti-weight discrimination laws tended to be liberal college towns.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Weight Bias Laws: Tipping the Scales Against Prejudice? |url=http://mn.gov/mdhr/education/articles/rs10_2weightlaws.html |publisher=Minnesota Dept. Human Rights |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424044637/http://mn.gov/mdhr/education/articles/rs10_2weightlaws.html |archive-date=2014-04-24}}</ref>

Not all legal changes have protected the rights of fat people. Despite recommendations from the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]] to the contrary, in 2009 the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]] decided that fat people will only qualify as [[disabled]] if it can be proved that their weight is caused by an underlying condition, supporting the concept that being obese is not inherently a disability.<ref name="Dylan Roth and 2009 170"/> The [[Supreme Court of Texas]] came to a similar conclusion in 2023. But in 2018, the [[Washington Supreme Court]] provided weight-related disability bias protection without evidence of a related medical condition.<ref name="news.bloomberglaw.com"/> Other countries besides the United States have considered legislation to protect the rights of fat people. In the UK an All-Party Parliamentary Group published a report in 2012 called ''Reflections on Body Image'' that found that one in five British people had been victimized because of their weight. The report recommended that [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] investigated putting "appearance-based discrimination" under the same legal basis as sexual or racial discrimination via the [[Equality Act 2010]] which makes it illegal to harass, victimize or discriminate against anyone in the workplace based on several named categories, including size or weight.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Stephen |title=Calling someone 'fatty' could become a hate crime |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9297496/Calling-someone-fatty-could-become-a-hate-crime.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530115406/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9297496/Calling-someone-fatty-could-become-a-hate-crime.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-30 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2017-09-25}}</ref> The Equality Act came into force on 1 October 2010, it brings together over 116 separate pieces of legislation into one single Act. The Act provides a legal framework to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality of opportunity for all.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act-2010/what-equality-act |title=What is the Equality Act? {{!}} Equality and Human Rights Commission |website=www.equalityhumanrights.com |access-date=2020-03-20 |archive-date=2020-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320021852/https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act-2010/what-equality-act |url-status=dead }}</ref>