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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Handing Trump Another Loss, Court Rules Current Law Protects Gay Workers
The powerful Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said 1964's Civil Rights Act bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Justice Department Argues for Antigay Discrimination in Skydiver's Case
This put the department at odds with another government agency in a hearing on a gay skydiving instructor's discrimination suit.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Anti-LGBT Group Asks Supreme Court to Review Trans Bias Case
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.
JULY 28, 2018
Lesbian's Employment Discrimination Case Appealed to Supreme Court
If the high court takes Jameka Evans's case, it will decide whether existing federal law bans sexual orientation discrimination.
JULY 6, 2017
Why This Gay Man Took His Discrimination Case to the Supreme Court
Gerald Bostock, whose case was heard by the court in October, talks about losing his "dream job" after he joined a gay softball league.
NOVEMBER 29, 2019
Big-Name Republicans File SCOTUS Brief Against Anti-LGBTQ Bias
From left: Ken Mehlman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Meg Whitman are among the signatories to a brief filed with the Supreme Court.
JULY 2, 2019
The Gay and Trans People Who Took Their Cases to the Supreme Court
The court's landmark ruling came about because of Aimee Stephens, Donald Zarda, and Gerald Bostock.
JUNE 15, 2020
Justice Department Says Federal Law Doesn't Ban Antigay Discrimination
The department, led by Jeff Sessions, made that argument in a case involving whether a law banning sex discrimination covers sexual orientation.
JULY 26, 2017
Supreme Court Will Rule on LGBTQ Job Discrimination
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.
APRIL 22, 2019
Neil Gorsuch Is Supreme Court's Wild Card in LGBTQ Rights Cases
In today's arguments on whether federal law bans anti-LGBTQ discrimination, Gorsuch appears to consider both sides.
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OCTOBER 8, 2019
Companies Say Federal Law Already Bans Antigay Discrimination
A group of corporations and organizations urged a federal appeals court to interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in this way.
JUNE 27, 2017
On Day One, Biden Issues Order Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination
The order will assure that the federal government doesn't engage in such discrimination and will take action against it elsewhere.
JANUARY 20, 2021
Gerald Bostock, Gay Man Who Won at Supreme Court, Gets Settlement
The government of Clayton County, Ga., has agreed to pay the fired social worker $825,000.
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Years After His Death, This Gay Adventurer Is Making History
Skydiver Donald Zarda's lawsuit against his employer could finally make antigay workplace discrimination illegal.
MARCH 12, 2018
Supreme Court Has Another Chance to Rule on Antigay Bias
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.
MAY 30, 2018
Republican Lawmakers Side With Trump, Support LGBTQ Discrimination
Eight senators and 45 House members don't think the Civil Rights Act applies to you.
AUGUST 28, 2019
SUPREME COURT RULES ANTI-LGBTQ+ JOB DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL
There was surprising good news from the high court today.
JUNE 15, 2020
Trump Admin Urges Supreme Court to Approve Anti-Trans Discrimination
The administration laid out the argument in a brief filed Friday in a case the court will hear October 8.
AUGUST 16, 2019
Supreme Court Won't Hear Georgia Lesbian's Discrimination Case
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.
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Fired After Joining a Gay Softball Team, This Man Is Fighting Back
Gerald Bostock's case is one of three the high court will hear Tuesday on whether anti-LGBTQ discrimination is legal.
OCTOBER 4, 2019