Why Aren't LGBTQ People Protected in the Workplace?

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🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, national origin, color, sex, and religion. So why aren’t all LGBTQ people also definitively protected by this law, and whose fault is that? Jess and Imani explain.

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1:05.1	So the Supreme Court this term is contemplating whether or not to review several cases that will determine whether
1:11.9	or not if you are gay or trans, your boss can fire you for being gay or trans. These cases
1:19.1	revolve around the definition of quote, because of sex in Title VII. So we're going to talk about
1:24.9	what quote, because of sex means and whether or not because of sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
1:32.7	We're also going to talk about why Jess and I are still mad at Anthony Kennedy for retiring.
1:37.8	Because we're still real mad.
1:39.2	We really, really are. Why, Tony? Why?
1:54.0	Yeah. are. Why, Tony? Why? So, Jessica, what are these Title VII cases that the Supreme Court may decide to take up this term? All right. So there are three cases that the Supreme Court is considering
1:58.3	taking this term. So far, they've been scheduled to conference
2:01.7	or think about taking them twice, and they've punted, they've pushed that back. So they're not,
2:07.0	they haven't taken them yet, but there's a good chance that they could. We've got two cases that
2:11.7	have been brought by gay employees alleging discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation.
2:17.1	One is Altitude Express versus Zarda, and that's out of the Second Circuit.
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