Can you be fired for being gay in texas

Clayton County decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that employers can't fire someone just because they are gay or transgender. Texas law prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age. Bostock v. Clayton County — June 15, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Texas have some protections in state law but may face legal and social challenges not faced by others.

Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalized in Texas in by the Lawrence v. Texas ruling, but this has yet to be codified as law. To start with the obvious: Texas employers (with 15 or more employees) can no longer fire gay employees/executives/workers because they are gay. Starting today, gay rights are civil rights. The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that workers cannot be fired for being gay or transgender in a blockbuster win for members of the LGBT community.

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Everyone deserves to work without fear of being fired just because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. While there are no laws in Texas explicitly protecting LGBTQIA+ individuals from discrimination, there are federal protections. Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.

Clayton County , which held that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is, by definition, sex discrimination. The ruling flies in the face of Bostock v. The landmark case centered on Gerald Bostock, who was fired from a county job after joining a gay softball league, and Aimee Stephens, a transgender woman dismissed from a funeral home after informing her employer she would begin presenting as a woman.

In a 6—3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that firing someone for being gay or transgender is inherently sex-based discrimination, and thus violates federal civil rights law. Explain to me legally how the harassing of any employee for any reason, to the point where they can't perform their job, isn't against the law? Erin In The Morning. Share this post. Copy link. Erin Reed.

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