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  • Divided Supreme Court Hears LGBTQ Employment Case : NPR

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  • LGBT rights in the United States - Wikipedia

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people in the United States may face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. While the United States Supreme Court has legalized many LGBT rights, they continue to vary by jurisdiction, and discrimination in jobs and housing is still legal in most states.

  • Supreme Court Cases for LGBT Equality - Rolling Stone

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  • LGBT rights in India - Wikipedia

    Union of India, the Supreme Court ruled that the Indian Constitution bans discrimination based on sexual orientation via the category of "sex". Similarly in the case of National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, the Supreme

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  • Supreme Court to take LGBTQ job discrimination case

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  • Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights …

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  • The 7 big Supreme Court cases to watch in 2020 | TheHill

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  • Why Supreme Court Case on LGBT Rights Could be ...

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    2019/04/22 · Altitude Express took its case to the Supreme Court last year, asking the justices to weigh in. In 2017, the justices had denied review of a similar case, filed by a woman who alleged that she had been harassed and passed over for a promotion at her job as a hospital security officer in Georgia because she was a lesbian.

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  • Supreme Court & LGBT - National Review

    2019/04/22 · The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., June 11, 2018 (Erin Schaff/Reuters) In a watershed moment for LGBT-rights advocates, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up three cases involving LGBT ...

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