LGBTQ employment protections

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington where the Court on Oct. 8, 2019, as the court heard arguments in the first case of LGBT rights since the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

House Passes The Equality Act: Here's What It Would Do

Danielle Kurtzleben

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The House voted Thursday to approve the bill to add and expand protections for LGBTQ people in the Civil Rights Act. Here's what it would do and why it's controversial.

Local / State

Florida LGBTQ Advocates Urge State Protections After Landmark Ruling

LGBTQ advocates are hailing Monday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that gay, lesbian and transgender workers are covered by federal…

Transgender activist Aimee Stephens sits outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 8 as the court holds oral arguments in cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Courts / Law

Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees

Nina Totenberg

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The Supreme Court says the federal ban on discrimination "based on sex" applies to gay, lesbian and transgender employees.

Health News Florida

Two New Bills Could Protect LGBTQ People In The Workplace

Danielle Prieur / WMFE

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Republican State Senator Joe Gruters introduced the Florida Inclusive Workforce Act that would amend the Florida Civil Rights Act to include workplace...

Local / State

New FL Workplace Discrimination Policy Doesn’t Include LGBTQ People

Governor Ron DeSantis did not include LGBTQ employees in an executive order that setup workplace discrimination policies in government offices this week.…