In an unlikely scenario during heated oral arguments on Tuesday, Trump nominee, Justice Neil Gorsuch, appeared sympathetic to two gay men, the late Don Zarda from New York and Gerald Bostock of Georgia, who were allegedly both fired due to their sexual orientation. Gorsuch was not as sympathetic to the transsexual plaintiff, Aimee Stephens from … [Read more...]
Upcoming Supreme Court Term Could Prove Momentous
On Election Night 2016, Republicans came home for Donald Trump. After nearly a year of expressing disgust and dismay at Trump's rise to prominence, Republicans – both ordinary voters and party elites – swallowed their reservations and came out en masse for their nominee. Why did they do it? And why have Congressional Republicans stayed so loyal … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Decides New Docket
Reuters reports the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term will open on Monday. The conservative majority is in a position to take the country in a more aggressive Republican direction. They will look at divisive issues including abortion, gay rights and gun control. As early as next week, the nine justices will decided if gay and transgender … [Read more...]
Laverne Cox Spotlights LGBT Rights Challenge at Emmy’s
Laverne Cox at L.A.'s Families Belong Together March (Photo Credit: Luke Harold, CC 1.0) Laverne Cox, the first transgender woman of color to win three Emmy awards for her role in Netflix’s series, Orange is the New Black, sported a handbag at the Emmy’s with lettering reading “October 8, Title VII Supreme Court’, that thrust three … [Read more...]
Trump Supporters Push Measures To Ban Non-Citizen Voting in 2020 Battlegrounds
In 2004, Republicans in Ohio and 10 other states successfully pushed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. This wasn't a coincidence – it was a concerted effort on the part of groups affiliated with the George W. Bush re-election campaign to drive conservative turnout in these states and aid the President's re-election effort. Some … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Could Imperil LGBT Employment Rights in Two 2020 Decisions
LGBT rights’ advocates cheered in the streets when Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered his June, 2015 gay marriage ruling, Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage to the consternation of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia, who thought gay marriage had no place in the Constitution. Alighting the White … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Hawaii B&B Discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a new dispute involving gay and religious rights, leaving in place a lower court ruling against a Hawaii bed and breakfast owner who turned away a lesbian couple, citing Christian beliefs, according to Reuters. The justices refused to hear an appeal by Phyllis Young, who runs the three-room … [Read more...]
U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Trump On Transgender Military Ban
In a legal victory for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, a federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lower court ruling that blocked a policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the U.S. armed forces, which the government said is important for military readiness, according to Reuters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Over Senior Living Harassment Claims Reinstated
A woman who was threatened, verbally assaulted, and physically assaulted at Glen St. Andrew Living Community outside of Chicago in Niles, Illinois has had her lawsuit against the facility reinstated after 7th Circuit Judge Diane Wood disagreed with contentions from the senior center and its management team that a landlord isn’t liable under the … [Read more...]
Lesbian’s Landlord Likely Liable in Tenant Taunting
https://youtu.be/d8qd7-pq0E8?rel=0 Court of Appeals Sends Discrimination Suit Against Senior Living Facility Back to District Court Back in 1968, just one week after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated; President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law. In its original form, the Fair Housing Act outlawed discrimination based on … [Read more...]
