Historic US ruling to protect LGBT + workers

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 also covers sexual or gender orientation

GAYLES.TV.- Community LGTB + de United States celebrates the historic decision of the Supreme Court to protect your labor rights. In a ruling, which has surprised by the mostly conservative nature of the Court, the judges make it clear that you cannot fire someone for reasons of sex and that this includes any sexual orientation. In a setback to the government of president Donald Trump, the country's highest court decided by six votes to three that the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination against employees «for reasons of sex«, Also includes the community LGTB +.

This sentence is the most crucial in favor of the community LGTB + en United States since I know reached the equal marriageIn 2015. Gregory antollino, the lawyer for one of the plaintiffs who has died during the years of the process, assures that the ruling will change the story. Only 28 states of the United States they had comprehensive measures against workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. «It will be a catalyst to change history. It will take time for states that do not protect rights to adapt LGTBI. But it is certainly a catalyst", it states antollino.

Gerald bostock, one of the three plaintiffs, said that being afraid is unacceptable. «No one should be afraid going to work, no one should be afraid of losing their job because of who they are, who they love or how they identify. Simply put: homophobia is wrong. And discrimination of any kind. In this particular case, discrimination in the workplace is unacceptable«. The court found that discrimination against gay and transgender workers was inherently based on sex and therefore illegal. Community LGTB + de New York met before the historic Stonewall Inn to celebrate the ruling.

But this sentence is only a grain of sand in the fight for rights LGTB +. Last week, the administration of Donald Trump removed anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in health. The government of Trump It has also supported that certain companies may refuse to serve homosexual people for religious objection.