Fired for being gay? LGBTQ rights return to Supreme Court.

Posted on AllSides October 8th, 2019
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The right to individual dignity for every American was at the heart of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s LGBTQ rights jurisprudence, legal scholars say. The court now considers the matter for the first time since his retirement.

Sometimes, to make female clients feel more comfortable while they were strapped together on a tandem jump, skydiving instructor Donald Zarda would tell them he is gay. After his employer, Altitude Express, learned of this, he was fired.

Gerald Bostock, a former child welfare services coordinator for Georgia’s Clayton County, says he was fired for...

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