Until Monday’s decision, it was legal in more than half of the states to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender. The decision, the first major case on transgender rights, came amid widespread demonstrations, some protesting violence aimed at transgender people of color.
community - bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, pronouns and religious objections to same-sex marriage. That opinion and two dissents, spanning 168 pages, touched on a host of flash points in the culture wars involving the L.G.B.T. Gorsuch wrote for the majority in the 6-to-3 ruling. “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law,” Justice Neil M. equality a long-sought and unexpected victory. WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T.
