This is Brian Lair's Daily Politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Tuesday, June 16th.

I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for Brian Lair, who is off this week.

He'll be back next week.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that

the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgendered workers from workplace discrimination,

despite the fact that the Trump administration has stacked the court with conservative

appointees. Even more surprising, Republican appointee Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion.

Joining me now to talk about yesterday's landmark decision is Gabriel Arkless, senior staff

attorney with the ACLU's LGBT and HIV project. Gabriel was also part of the team on the

Amy Stevens case, which was part of yesterday's

ruling. Welcome to WNYC, Gabriel. Thank you for having me.

Gabriel, the court considered two cases concerning gay rights, and one was concerning transgender

rights. The latter was Amy Stevens case, which you worked on. Can you talk us through the complaint?

Yes, so Amy Stevens was, she died just last month. Amy Stevens was a transgender woman who worked as a funeral director.

That was her career for decades and according to all accounts, even her employer,

she was excellent at her job. And then she told her employer that she was a transgender woman

and that she needed to come back to work as who she truly was, Amy Australia Stevens.

And her employer fired her and said that it was not going to work out.

And so she sued for discrimination on the basis of sex, and that's what the Supreme Court just said happened to her.

And what about the other two cases, Bostock versus Clayton and Altitude Express versus Zarda?

What happened there?

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