Cindy Carr, cindy.carr@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that LGBTQ workers are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Just last week, during Pride month, Donald Trump and his administration reversed health protections for LGBTQ+ people in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic. At the same time, Black LGBTQ+ people continue to face disproportionate discrimination both in the workplace and in their everyday lives, and multiple Black trans women have been murdered in the past two weeks alone.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
“The Sierra Club applauds today’s momentous and long-overdue decision to affirm protections for every worker regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
“While this is an important step for our country, the reality of a pervasive racist, homophobic, and xenophobic system remains. The rights of all LGBTQ+ people will not be safe until the ongoing legal and cultural systems of racism, oppression, transphobia, homophobia, and xenophobia are dismantled. We at the Sierra Club rise with the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities in demanding that Congress immediately pass full federal and state non-discrimination protetions for LGBTQ+ people.”
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