The Court has agreed to hear three cases that center on sexual identity, gender, and current workplace anti-discrimination laws.
The cases that will be heard include "Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor from New York, and Gerald Bostock, a former county child welfare services coordinator from Georgia, both alleged they were fired because of their sexual orientation.
The top court will also examine the Michigan case of funeral home employee Aimee Stephens, who claims she was fired because she is transgender."
In response to the Courts decision to hear the cases Sarah Warbelow, the Human Rights campaign legal director stated, "The Supreme Court has an opportunity to clarify this area of law to ensure protections for LGBTQ people in many important areas of life"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48017275
It's really interesting to look at the arguments that sexuality discrimination is discrimination on the basis of sex. To my understanding the argument is approximately: since a man would not be discriminated against for having a relationship with a woman, a woman should not be discriminated against for the same actions. I actually got to discuss this argument with Professor R. Shep Melnick on a podcast about Title IX (though this is a Title VII question) and he was a bit skeptical about it: https://soundcloud.com/user-993471072/r-shep-melnick-why-title-ix-has-become-so-controversial
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