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Legislative Process Keyed to Bressman, 4th Ed.
Bostock v. Clayton County
Citation:
140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020)Facts
Gerald Bostock worked for Clayton County, Georgia as a child welfare advocate for over a decade, during which time the county won national awards for his work. In 2013, Bostock began participating in a gay recreational softball league. Shortly thereafter, influential members of the community began making disparaging comments about his sexual orientation and participation in the league. Bostock was then fired for conduct allegedly “unbecoming” a county employee. Bostock’s case was consolidated with two similar cases: Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor who was fired after mentioning he was gay, and Aimee Stephens, a funeral home employee who was fired after informing her employer that she planned to live and work as a woman. All three plaintiffs alleged that their terminations violated Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination. The cases presented the Court with the question of whether discrimination “because of sex” under Title VII encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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