Executive Summary: The next session of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is just around the corner. On October 8, 2019, SCOTUS will hear oral argument on three closely watched cases, Bostock v. Clayton Co., Georgia, Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Home v. EEOC. All three cases address the question of whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on βsex,β among other things, protects LGBTQ rights in the employment setting. Zarda and Bostock, which have been consolidated by SCOTUS, will grapple with whether Title VII protections extend to discrimination based on sexual orientation, while R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Home will look at whether those protections encompass gender identity and transgender status.
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