Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda

While 2020 certainly doesn’t feel like a year of wins, the LGBTQ community did in fact experience some victories worth celebrating.

“Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone simply for being homosexual or transgender. The answer is clear.”

Activists want the judges to recuse themselves in three LGBTQ cases they’re hearing.

They didn’t even show up for the event honoring the 10th anniversary of passage of the hate crimes law named after their son. They sent a scathing letter instead.

If the end result is 4-1-4 in favor of Aimee Stephens with a narrow, positive interpretation of Title VII being the 1, I’ll cheer.

Justice Neil Gorsuch could be the swing vote in both cases.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this week on whether the 55-year-old federal civil rights law extends job protections to LGBT and transgender workers nationwide.

Gerald Bostock’s legal challenge will be heard at the Supreme Court on Tuesday along with two others. His attorney has three arguments he insists will sway the court.