“If made federal law, this bill would help address the gaps LGBTQ+ people still face in civil rights law, which means that they would no longer have to rely on local ordinances or state laws to protect them.” Stonewall50
Fifty years ago today — June 28, 1969 — LGBTQ+ people rioted against a police raid of the Stonewall Inn. Now, five decades after that contentious moment in the fight for equality, it is still legal for employers to fire LGBTQ+ employees just because of their identity in most parts of this country. That may soon finally change.
This protection is still highly necessary. For example, the Supreme Court is set to hear a number of cases regarding LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination in the coming months including R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC & Aimee Stephens, which centers on an employee of nearly 20 years who was fired from her job in 2013 after coming out as transgender to her boss.
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