In a major victory for LGBTQ workers, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a wide-ranging ruling stating that employers who fire workers because of their sexual orientation or being transgender violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s Title VII, which deals with employment discrimination. [View court's opinion here.]
LGBTQ advocates, including those in the engineering and construction fields, hailed the 6-3 decision, handed down on June 15. But they also said further progress is needed.