EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order
Acting Chair Andrea Lucas says she will fight so-called gender ideology.
January 29, 2025
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Acting Chair Andrea Lucas says she will fight so-called gender ideology.
The court's landmark ruling came about because of Aimee Stephens, Donald Zarda, and Gerald Bostock.
Skydiver Donald Zarda's lawsuit against his employer could finally make antigay workplace discrimination illegal.
A company that fired a gay skydiving instructor has asked the high court to rule on whether existing U.S. law bans sexual orientation discrimination.
The powerful Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said 1964's Civil Rights Act bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The department, led by Jeff Sessions, made that argument in a case involving whether a law banning sex discrimination covers sexual orientation.
Eight senators and 45 House members don't think the Civil Rights Act applies to you.
This put the department at odds with another government agency in a hearing on a gay skydiving instructor's discrimination suit.
The highest court in the U.S. will hear cases October 8 on whether existing federal civil rights law includes LGBTQ people within its protections.Â
There was surprising good news from the high court today.
In today's arguments on whether federal law bans anti-LGBTQ discrimination, Gorsuch appears to consider both sides.
The administration laid out the argument in a brief filed Friday in a case the court will hear October 8.
An appeals court found that a funeral home company violated the law by firing a trans employee, but now the Supreme Court may weigh in.
The case of Jameka Evans would have given the high court the opportunity to decide if federal law already bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
If the high court takes Jameka Evans's case, it will decide whether existing federal law bans sexual orientation discrimination.
A group of corporations and organizations urged a federal appeals court to interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in this way.
Gerald Bostock's case is one of three the high court will hear Tuesday on whether anti-LGBTQ discrimination is legal.
Gerald Bostock, whose case was heard by the court in October, talks about losing his "dream job" after he joined a gay softball league.
The order will assure that the federal government doesn't engage in such discrimination and will take action against it elsewhere.
From left: Ken Mehlman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Meg Whitman are among the signatories to a brief filed with the Supreme Court.
The government of Clayton County, Ga., has agreed to pay the fired social worker $825,000.