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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Federal Civil Rights Categories, U.S. Supreme Court Says

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Federal Civil Rights Categories, U.S. Supreme Court Says

A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has found that a federal law preventing discrimination on the basis of biological sex also covers sexual orientation and gender identity even though it doesn't mention those characteristics. On a 6-3 vote – including reputed conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and associate justice Neil Gorsuch – the court found that the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to fire an employee for being homosexual or transgender because "it is impossible to

A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has found that a federal law preventing discrimination on the basis of biological sex also covers sexual orientation and gender identity even though it doesn't mention those characteristics. On a 6-3 vote – including reputed conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and associate justice Neil Gorsuch – the court found that the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to fire an employee for being homosexual or transgender because "it is impossible to…