Supreme Court grants review in LGBTQ employment discrimination cases

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Washington Times

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBTQ employees, granting review in a series of cases that test the limit of what qualifies as “sex”-based discrimination.

The justices will determine if Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects against discrimination based on “sex,” includes discrimination against homosexual and transgender employees.

One of the legal challenges comes to the high court from a New York-based skydiving company after the lower court sided with a former employee, Donald Zarda, who said he was fired because of his sexual orientation.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Altitude Express violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, determining that “sex” as written in the statute encompasses sexual orientation.