The Supreme Court will soon decide whether it’s legal for an employer to fire a gay man because the employer disapproves of his sexual orientation, or to refuse to hire a trans woman because the employer is uncomfortable with her gender identity.
Author: Jocelyn Samuels
Jocelyn Samuels is the Executive Director of the Williams Institute and the former Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, senior policy attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Labor Counsel to Sen. Ted Kennedy and Vice President for Education & Employment at the National Women's Law Center.