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Supreme court ruled monday that the 1964 civil rights act protects gay lesbian and transgender employees from discrimination based on sex.
Meme supreme court lgbtq. The supreme court handed a big win to the lgbt community monday ruling in a 6 3 decision that an employer who fires a worker for being gay or transgender violates title vii of the civil rights. For older workers and older job applicants there s a lot to unpack in this opinion. Reprinted with permission from mediamatters. The landmark 6 3 ruling represented the biggest moment for lgbt rights in the united states since the supreme court legalized same sex marriage nationwide in 2015. President trump had an atypically muted response to the supreme court s ruling protecting lgbtq employees from workplace discrimination during a roundtable for senior citizens on monday afternoon. In a historic decision the u s. The supreme court monday ruled in a 6 3 decision that an employer who fires a worker for being gay or transgender violates title vii of the civil rights act which already protected people from.
The supreme court ruled that title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 protects lgbtq employees from being discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Before this lgbtq workplace discrimination was legal in more than half the states. Right wing media figures had a meltdown after the supreme court decided that it is unconstitutional for employers to discriminate against lgbtq people calling it orwellian and a brute force attack on our constitutional system in one of the most significant rulings for the rights of trans and queer people the court ruled 6 3 that lgbtq. Federal civil rights law protects gay lesbian and transgender workers the supreme court ruled monday. The court on monday issued opinions on two major decisions with far reaching implications for the civil rights of transgender and lgbtq individuals.