The Supreme Court Will Decide If an Employer Can Fire Someone for Being Gay or Trans

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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On October 8, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a trio of cases to determine whether sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination and thus prevented under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Jess and Imani explain these landmark cases and what to expect from the day of arguments next week.

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow law nerds.
0:09.1	Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyer, a rewire.
0:12.5	News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that is enjoying watching Donald J. Trump
0:18.6	implode.
0:20.1	I'm Imani Gandy. And I'm Jess Piclo. Rewire.
0:24.4	News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights in social justice news, commentary,
0:29.7	and analysis on the web. And the team legal podcast is part of that mission. So a big thanks to our
0:35.2	subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners. So, Jess, I just
0:39.0	started watching Pose, which is about black trans culture in the 80s. It's an amazing show. I love it
0:44.2	so much. And, you know, it got me thinking, LGBTQ people have suffered egregiously when it comes
0:50.7	to equal rights in this country. Yeah, that is totally true.
0:57.0	Which is why I'm so glad that it's 2019,
1:02.4	and I can safely say that LGBTQ people have achieved full equality.
1:04.6	We did it, everybody. We did it.
1:05.7	I'm sorry, what?
1:08.3	Well, you know, in Lawrence v. Texas,
1:12.5	Anthony Kennedy said that gay people could have all the gay sex that they wanted,
1:13.6	and that was pretty sweet.
1:14.6	Yeah.
1:20.4	And then in Obergefell v. Hodges,
1:23.1	Kennedy said that gay people could marry each other,
1:24.2	which was like, hooray!
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