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LGBTQ Americans and allies rally outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump's effort to ban trans people from military service. (Photo: Ted Eytan/Flickr/cc)
President Trump has told the Supreme Court it should be legal to fire someone just because they're LGBTQ. The president may be a bully, but he's just one voice. Wednesday, more than 2,000 voices from across the country joined together to tell the Supreme Court: Don't roll back our rights.
The message came in the form of friend-of-the-court briefs--nearly 50 in all--filed in a trio of cases involving workers who lost their jobs because of who they are. Aimee Stephens, a funeral director in Michigan represented by the ACLU, was fired for being transgender. Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor in New York represented by the ACLU as co-counsel, was fired for being gay, as was Gerald Bostock, a child welfare services coordinator in Georgia.
For decades, federal law has protected workers like Aimee, Don, and Gerald from losing their jobs because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, but the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reverse years of progress. Wednesday's filings show why the Trump administration is wrong--and why we must win. Here are some of the highlights:
It's no surprise that workers like Aimee, Don, and Gerald have their livelihoods on the line this fall. But as Wednesday's filings make clear, the stakes couldn't be higher--for all of us.
This post has been amended from its original version to include the date the briefs were filed.
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President Trump has told the Supreme Court it should be legal to fire someone just because they're LGBTQ. The president may be a bully, but he's just one voice. Wednesday, more than 2,000 voices from across the country joined together to tell the Supreme Court: Don't roll back our rights.
The message came in the form of friend-of-the-court briefs--nearly 50 in all--filed in a trio of cases involving workers who lost their jobs because of who they are. Aimee Stephens, a funeral director in Michigan represented by the ACLU, was fired for being transgender. Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor in New York represented by the ACLU as co-counsel, was fired for being gay, as was Gerald Bostock, a child welfare services coordinator in Georgia.
For decades, federal law has protected workers like Aimee, Don, and Gerald from losing their jobs because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, but the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reverse years of progress. Wednesday's filings show why the Trump administration is wrong--and why we must win. Here are some of the highlights:
It's no surprise that workers like Aimee, Don, and Gerald have their livelihoods on the line this fall. But as Wednesday's filings make clear, the stakes couldn't be higher--for all of us.
This post has been amended from its original version to include the date the briefs were filed.
President Trump has told the Supreme Court it should be legal to fire someone just because they're LGBTQ. The president may be a bully, but he's just one voice. Wednesday, more than 2,000 voices from across the country joined together to tell the Supreme Court: Don't roll back our rights.
The message came in the form of friend-of-the-court briefs--nearly 50 in all--filed in a trio of cases involving workers who lost their jobs because of who they are. Aimee Stephens, a funeral director in Michigan represented by the ACLU, was fired for being transgender. Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor in New York represented by the ACLU as co-counsel, was fired for being gay, as was Gerald Bostock, a child welfare services coordinator in Georgia.
For decades, federal law has protected workers like Aimee, Don, and Gerald from losing their jobs because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, but the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reverse years of progress. Wednesday's filings show why the Trump administration is wrong--and why we must win. Here are some of the highlights:
It's no surprise that workers like Aimee, Don, and Gerald have their livelihoods on the line this fall. But as Wednesday's filings make clear, the stakes couldn't be higher--for all of us.
This post has been amended from its original version to include the date the briefs were filed.