JONESBORO — Federal civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender workers, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case centered on a lawsuit filed by a former Clayton County employee.
The landmark ruling will extend protections to millions of workers nationwide and is a defeat for the Trump administration, which argued that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that bars discrimination based on sex did not extend to claims of gender identity and sexual orientation.
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