The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wades into a major LGBT rights dispute over wh...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wades into a major LGBT rights dispute over whether a landmark decades-old federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex covers gay and transgender workers.
The Supreme Court delivered an important gay rights decision in 2015 legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. Its dynamics on LGBT issues, however, changed following the 2018 retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who backed gay rights in major cases and wrote the same-sex marriage ruling.
The court’s 5-4 conservative majority includes two justices appointed by President Donald Trump, whose administration has argued that Title VII does not cover sexual orientation or gender identity. The court will hear two cases about gay people who have said they were fired due to their sexual orientation. One involves a former county child welfare services coordinator from Georgia named Gerald Bostock. The other involves a New York skydiving instructor named Donald Zarda. He died after the case began and the matter is being pursued by his estate.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
I’m Trans. The Supreme Court Could Decide My Future.'To be trans in the United States is to live in a nation where we’ve been criminalized simply for the shirts (or blouses) on our backs.' Tomorrow will go down as one of the most important days in LGBTQ+ history. RiseUpOctober8th
Read more »
Supreme Court to hear Louisiana abortion case in first test for conservative majorityBREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The case will be the first involving abortion for the court's new majority of justices.
Read more »
Supreme Court to decide whether employers can legally fire workers because they're LGBTQLower federal courts are divided on whether existing federal civil rights law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
Read more »
Gay, transgender rights in spotlight as U.S. Supreme Court returnsThe U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term this week, with a major dispute on...
Read more »
Guns: Supreme Court keeps New York City gun rights case on 2019 docket
Read more »