SCOTUS rules in favor of LGBTQ workers

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Robert Barnes walks through the Supreme Court decision that protects gay and transgender people in the workplace. Karla Adam explains why minority and immigrant doctors are feeling the brunt of the coronavirus burden in Britain. And Eugene Scott describes how it feels to be a Black journalist right now.

The Supreme Court has said that gay and transgender workers are protected by federal law, forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex.

Minority doctors are among the worst hit by the coronavirus in Britain.

What it’s like to cover the protests – as a Black journalist.

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0:00.0	This Post Reports podcast is brought to you by Facebook.
0:07.6	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Tracy John Colley from the Post.
0:13.0	I'm a president for a Power You Power.
0:16.0	Hi, it's Robert Gabon from the Washington Post.
0:18.0	This is Post Reports.
0:20.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:24.0	It's Monday, June 15th.
0:27.0	Today, a conservative court grants a victory to gay and trans workers,
0:32.0	minority doctors suffering in the UK, and how it feels to be a black journalist.
0:40.0	The Supreme Court decided today that federal anti-discrimination law protects,
0:46.0	gay and transgender workers.
0:50.0	I'm Robert Barnes.
0:53.0	I cover the Supreme Court for the Washington Post.
0:59.0	It was a major ruling from the court.
1:02.0	A bit of a surprise.
1:04.0	It was written by one of the court's most conservative justices,
1:08.0	Neil Gorsuch, who was president Trump's first nominee to the court.
1:14.0	And before we get into some of the details of that decision,
1:18.0	briefly, can you describe what were the two cases that brought this issue up
1:22.0	in the Supreme Court in the first place?
1:25.0	Well, your argument first this morning, in case 17, 16, 18,
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