Tag: SCOTUS
TLDEF Statement on SCOTUS’ Decision to Hear LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Cases
TLDEF responded to news today that the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case involving a Michigan transgender woman named Aimee Stephens who was fired from her job at a funeral home because she is transgender (R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
Scotus Reaffirms Need For Non-discrimination Laws In Masterpiece Cake Decision
Today, Glennda Testone, Executive Director of The LGBT Community Center (“The Center”) released the following statement reacting to the Supreme Court of the United States for its ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
Supreme Court of the United States Will Decide Transgender Student’s Case
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, responded to news that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm, a case involving discrimination against a transgender student.
Author Sends Gay Memoir to 278 Catholic Leaders
Disheartened by recent comments from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops that the June 26 SCOTUS decision on marriage equality was ‘a tragic error’, Rochester NY author Gregory Gerard has successfully raised funds to mail a hard copy of his gay, Catholic, coming-of-age memoir to 278 active US cardinals, bishops—and Pope Francis.
Urging Catholic Leaders to Consider LGBT Testimony in Upcoming Synod
Rochester NY author Gregory Gerard launched a GoFundMe campaign to mail a hard copy of his gay, Catholic, coming-of-age memoir to each of 277 active U.S cardinals and bishops.