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These are the stories of LGBTQ people who need the Equality Act’s protections

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Congressional Democrats reintroduced a sweeping nondiscrimination bill last week to bolster protections for LGBTQ Americans. If passed into law, the bill would clarify existing protections and fill the gaps in federal nondiscrimination laws. The bill would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation …

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‘Religious freedom’ arguments kill Nebraska’s LGBTQ employment protections bill

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Nebraska is one of more than two dozen states that have no LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections at the state level. That’s not changing anytime soon, as a bill to create employment protections came to an abrupt end this week. State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks (D) introduced LB 627 in January this year. The legislation would have …

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Missouri Supreme Court opens the door to LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a gay employee’s case alleging sex discrimination in the workplace could proceed, reversing a lower court ruling and establishing a new precedent that could help protect embattled non-heterosexual workers in the future. The court also ruled on a separate but similar case involving a transgender student who claimed …

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Federal judge blocks military from discharging service members with HIV

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A federal judge in Virginia ruled Friday that the U.S. military must suspend its practice of discharging service members because they have HIV. The injunction followed a lawsuit filed by two airmen who learned in November that they would not be permitted to continuing serving in the military because of their HIV status. This is …

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Virginia firefighter sues employer after allegedly losing his job to anti-gay discrimination

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Scott Philips-Gartner of Norfolk, Virginia tendered his resignation from the Norfolk Fire Department one year ago, after a 27-year career. He said it was because he was allegedly about to be fired for being gay. Now, he’s suing the city. A U.S. Navy veteran with war-time service, Gartner started working for Norfolk back in 1991 …

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Supreme Court poised to drastically reverse LGBTQ equality

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There are now six different cases implicating LGBTQ rights sitting before the Supreme Court. While the conservative-majority Court has not yet agreed to hear any of them, a circuit split between two of the cases and the fact that President Trump’s transgender military ban is at the heart of another strongly suggest at least one …

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The Supreme Court hits pause on gay and lesbian rights

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For the second time in a week, the Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it may no longer be a friendly place for victims of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Court announced Monday that it will not hear Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, a surprising decision given that the question presented in Evans — whether …

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Can federal workers blatantly discriminate against LGBTQ people? Jeff Sessions isn’t sure.

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During Wednesday’s Justice Department Oversight Hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the Department of Justice’s new “religious freedom” guidance. In particular, Durbin was concerned about how the guidance might enable anti-LGBTQ discrimination, asking Sessions to respond to several hypotheticals. “Could a social security administration employee refuse to accept or process spousal …

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Texas has a new plan to discriminate against LGBT people

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Texas’ anti-transgender bill has seemingly stalled, but inspired by North Carolina, Republican state lawmakers have a new plan to expand discrimination against LGBT people. Last month, Texas seemed on track to follow in the footsteps of North Carolina’s HB2 and pass its own bill, SB6, mandating anti-transgender discrimination across the entire state. Lt. Gov. Dan …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

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