The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that gay and transgender workers are protected by federal civil rights laws in a landmark anti-discrimination decision.
Two Republican appointees joined the court’s four liberal justices to decide the issue in a 6-3 ruling that said the 1964 Civil Rights Act also applied to gay and transgender people, meaning employers cannot fire them because of those characteristics.
Under Title VII of the act, discrimination on the basis of “race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin” is banned. The court’s ruling said the ban on “sex” discrimination covered gay and transgender people.
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