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• THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY
• HERE’S EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S. YOU CAN STILL GET FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANS
• 15 STAT WHERE IT'S LEGAL TO FIRE SOMEONE FOR BEG GAY
• POT OF VIEW: Y, MANY STAT, PEOPLE N STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY
• CAN YOU BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY? ANSWER PENDS LARGELY ON WHERE YOU LIVE
• THIS MAP SHOWS THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN BE LEGALLY FIRED FOR BEG GAY
• IT’S 2019, AND YOUR BOSS N STILL FIRE YOU FOR BEG GAY THE STAT
• FIRED FOR BEG GAY
• HERE’S EVERYWHERE IN AMERI YOU CAN STILL GET FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANS

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

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Workplace Discrimatn at a Glance:. In 28 stat, you n get fired jt for beg lbian, bisexual, or gay. For lbian, gay, and bisexual employe:.

Today, 92 percent of Fortune 500 pani wele lbian, gay, and bisexual employe wh clive polici (that protect agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn). Seventy-two untri the world still crimalize same-sex sexual acts, and more untri crimalize ‘homosexualy’ other ways, subjectg dividuals to dangers, ab, harassment, and vlatns on the basis of their genr and sexualy.

HERE’S EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S. YOU CAN STILL GET FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANS

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

15 STAT WHERE IT'S LEGAL TO FIRE SOMEONE FOR BEG GAY

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. ) Now that the Jtice Department has clarified that se prev, more clive lgs by the Equal Employment Opportuny Commissn as legally merls, stat that lack LGBT non-discrimatn protectns are left wonrg which of those two feral agenci to abi York state recently add genr inty to s non-discrimatn protectns alongsi sexual orientatn (while Florida, spe experiencg a vastatg mass shootg targetg a gay nightclub Orlando last year, notably has not).

POT OF VIEW: Y, MANY STAT, PEOPLE N STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY

The stat that actually bar discrimatn for both sexual orientatn and genr inty both the public and private sector are still the mory: 20 do so, pl the District of Electn ImpactBut spe the fact that ’s still legal for pani 28 stat to fire employe for beg gay or transgenr–and notwhstandg Tmp’s manift hostily to LGBT rights–there are signs this year that polil wds are blowg over that map a more clive directn. ” In s viewed by some as monumental as the 2015 gay marriage lg, jtic will hear challeng om New York, Michigan and Geia volvg workers who say they were fired bee they were gay or transgenr.

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CAN YOU BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY? ANSWER PENDS LARGELY ON WHERE YOU LIVE

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

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IT’S 2019, AND YOUR BOSS N STILL FIRE YOU FOR BEG GAY THE STAT

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. – where there are no protectns place keepg gay people om beg fired om their jobs for simply beg who they are.

Supreme Court lg protectg gay and trans people om discrimatn at work was hailed by LGBT+ groups on Monday as the natn’s most signifint moment the fight for equal rights sce same-sex marriage was legalized five years PHOTO: An archect of the Capol employee walks through U. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File PhotoIn a 6-3 cisn, the natn’s top urt cid gay and transgenr people are protected unr Tle VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans workplace discrimatn on the basis of sex, race, lor, natnal orig and relign. “No trans people and no lbian or gay people n ever be fired or discrimated agast for beg gay or transgenr - that’s the immutable law of the land now, ” said Vandy Beth Glenn, who was fired 2007 when she me out as a trans woman.

FIRED FOR BEG GAY

Thk tank Movement Advancement Project, meang they uld be fired or harassed for beg gay or trans wh ltle legal reurse.

“There are tly no words to scribe jt how elated I am, ” said Gerald Bostock, a Geia man who lost his job as a child welfare servic ordator after jog a gay softball team. OPPOSITION TO THE RULING“We do not hate to regnize today a necsary nsequence of that legislative choice: an employer who fir an dividual merely for beg gay or transgenr fi the law.

HERE’S EVERYWHERE IN AMERI YOU CAN STILL GET FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANS

This weekend will mark 50 years sce an uprisg at New York Cy’s Stonewall Inn sparked what many nsir to be the birth of the morn gay-rights movement. And yet, 17 stat still offer no protectns at all, leavg employe those stat vulnerable to anti-gay harassment, retaliatn, and other forms of workplace map below shows how each state breaks down.