High Court's Title VII Ruling Reaches Beyond LGBTQ Rights

By Alan Kabat (June 17, 2020, 4:21 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, made the front-page news for its ringing pronunciation — by none other than Justice Neil Gorsuch — that gay, lesbian and transgender employees are protected under Title VII, the federal employment discrimination statute.

But, this decision is a sleeper in some respects, since it is also of much broader significance to a wide range of other protected classes that have long been recognized under the federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws.

How can that be? How can a decision expanding the scope of Title VII to encompass additional protected...

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