From the ACLU, this is at Liberty.

I'm Molly Kaplan, your host for this episode.

It's been over 50 years since black and brown trans women led the revolutionary Stonewall riots,

fighting back against police brutality and discrimination,

and launching a movement for equality. Today, we celebrate another incredible landmark in the fight for

LGBTQ rights. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court just affirmed that it is illegal for employers

to fire or otherwise discriminate against someone simply because they're

LGBTQ. This will go a long way towards affirming legal protections in education, housing, credit,

and health care. Areas where too many LGBTQ people, particularly those who are black and brown,

still face discrimination. Joining me to break down the decision is Chase Strangio,

the deputy director for trans justice for the ACLU's LGBT and HIV project.

Chase, welcome to the podcast, and congratulations.

Thanks, Molly. I'm just thrilled to see you and be here.

I am too.

It's really nice to get some good news.

First off, before we really dig into the decision,

you've been fighting for LGBTQ rights as a lawyer and as a human being for a long time.

How are you taking this in right now?

Yeah, I mean, this is just not what I was expecting. You know,

I did not think we were going to win. And so to have this opinion and to have so much trouble

downloading it, but to see early on that we won and then, you know, to slowly get the pages,

you know, downloading the files corrupted, and there's so many

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