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    Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees

    The Supreme Court says the federal ban on discrimination "based on sex" also applies to gay, lesbian, and transgender employees.
    by Nina Totenberg Jun 15, 2020 2 minutes
    Transgender activist Aimee Stephens sits in her wheelchair outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019, as the court holds oral arguments in cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

    Updated at 11:27 a.m. ET

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act barring sex discrimination in the workplace protects LGBTQ employees from being fired because of their sexual orientation.

    The vote was 6-to-3, with conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch joining the court's four

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