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BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Against LGBT Workers

In the most consequential U.S. Supreme Court case in many years, the Court ruled this morning that Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. You can download the 6-3 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, here. Connecticut has long prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity so the court’s decision will have less of an impact here for LGBT workers.  In fact, back in 2016 the Connecticut District Court already offered these protections for Title VII cases in this state in a decision that I covered back then.  In states without such protection, the new protections now offered to employees nationwide will be significant. And moreover, the message that this case is sending is unmistakable too: The statute’s message for our cases is equally simple and  momentous: An individual’s homosexuality or transgender status is not relevant to employment decisions....