5 People Who Were Fired for Beg Gay, and the 29 Stat Where That is Still Legal

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• THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY
• SUPREME COURT L WORKERS N'T BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANSGENR
• THIS MAP SHOWS THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN BE LEGALLY FIRED FOR BEG GAY
• 5 PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRED FOR BEG GAY, AND THE 29 STAT WHERE THAT IS STILL LEGAL
• SOUTH CAROLA POLICE CHIEF FIRED FOR BEG GAY? YUP, THAT N HAPPEN
• GAY ADOPTN
• IN 29 STAT, YOU CAN BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY. HELP CHANGE THAT.
• TEACHER: I WAS FIRED FOR BEG GAY. NOW IT CAN’T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE

THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY

Tim Cook me out as gay an say Bsweek on Thursday.

SUPREME COURT L WORKERS N'T BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANSGENR

And while some stat and ci have passed their own protectns, there are still 29 stat where you n actually be fired for beg gay, leavg more than half of all total workers vulnerable to employment Amerins rrectly thk that this problem has already been solved. A 2013 HuffPost/YouGov poll found that 69 percent of Amerins thk that firg people for beg gay is illegal. "If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the tra-off wh my own privacy, " Cook wrote his say.

The Supreme Court said Monday that workers nnot be fired for beg gay or transgenr, a blockbter lg for LGBT historic 6-3 cisn was wrten by Jtice Neil Gorsuch, a nservative appoted by Donald Tmp. "An dividual's homosexualy or transgenr stat is not relevant to employment cisns, " Gorsuch wrote the cisn, which applied to three separate s.

"That's bee is impossible to discrimate agast a person for beg homosexual or transgenr whout discrimatg agast that dividual based on sex. The s were brought by three workers who said they were fired om their jobs bee they were gay or transgenr. " Bostock was fired om his job as a child welfare servic ordator 2013 after jog a gay softball league.

THIS MAP SHOWS THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN BE LEGALLY FIRED FOR BEG GAY

"Apple CEO Tim Cook, the first Fortune 500 chief executive to e out as gay, tweeted that he was grateful for the lg. Gorsuch wrote that discrimatg agast an employee bee they are gay or transgenr is by fn discrimatn on the basis of sex. "We no longer live a society where a Gay uple n be married on Friday and fired for that marriage on Monday.

"Gregory Antollo, an attorney for Zarda, untered that "Don Zarda was a gay man who work skydivg were close ntact is required.

5 PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRED FOR BEG GAY, AND THE 29 STAT WHERE THAT IS STILL LEGAL

"I thk the first rponse is the bt, bee reveals discrimatn – that Don Zarda said he was gay. Dpe recent advanc LGBT rights such as the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and Sectn 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), there is still a long way to go until gay, lbian, and transgenr Amerins achieve full equaly the Uned Stat.

While preparg for a jump, Don told a female ctomer that he was gay an effort to make her more fortable wh how close they were physilly. The third se was brought by Gerald Bostock, who was fired om his job as a social worker for at-risk youth after his employer learned he was gay.

All three workers sued, assertg that was sex discrimatn to fire them for beg gay or transgenr. The Supreme Court agreed, holdg that “An employer who fir an dividual for beg homosexual or transgenr fir that person for tras or actns would not have qutned members of a different sex. ” O’Brien has wrten extensively about the topic of gay marriage; if this isn’t discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, ’s certaly discrimatn based on beliefs about sexual orientatn.

SOUTH CAROLA POLICE CHIEF FIRED FOR BEG GAY? YUP, THAT N HAPPEN

WJLA reported that he received emails 2009 om his boss referencg bible passag that speak agast homosexualy, and that “he stated that as a homosexual I uld never succeed bee was agast God’s law. But Moore believ the actns were a disguise for Bullard’s te feelgs: He wanted her out bee she’s openly gay.

GAY ADOPTN

While the Supreme Court shattered the bedrock foundatn of same-sex marriage bans by allowg people to wed the on they love, still half the untry risks beg fired or turned down for a job, simply for beg gay. “This type of discrimatn isn’t prohibed by feral law and most people live a state where there is no protectn, ” David Stacy of the gay rights advocy group Human Rights Campaign told Iowa, a store clerk said he was fired after a manager chastised him for his “feme” behavr.

IN 29 STAT, YOU CAN BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY. HELP CHANGE THAT.

But on top of the 29 stat where ’s perfectly legal to fire a gay or lbian employee, some 33 stat allow termatns based on sexual inty as there’s the b: The Senate already approved a bill that uld have largely protected those who were discrimated agast. ” Wh Boehner stuck the mud on extendg workplace protectns, gay rights advot are left to lobby morate Hoe Republins to ph the speaker’s hand. ”Advot mt now also ntend wh a social landspe a untry where a person n lose their job for beg gay, while jt the oppose, a proment CEO n be oted for his anti-gay past.

Activists say the Obama admistratn gave the movement a jumpstart for a climate to accept the growg number of stat that now allow gay marriage, but some are left puzzled watchg the print rist lls for executive actn.

TEACHER: I WAS FIRED FOR BEG GAY. NOW IT CAN’T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE

In Febary, the print met promis to raise the mimum wage by issug an orr to hike wag for feral ntractors; activists say ’s wh his power to do wh same for gay rights.

"Waldman is optimistic Obama will take actn and suggted the print may wa until the LGBT muny celebrat gay pri month June. To the Future Print of the Uned Stat, A lot of progrs has been ma the LGBT+ muny the past two years, like wh the legalizatn of same sex marriage all 50 stat, but is crazy to thk that the same stat you n be fired jt bee you're gay.