7 Supreme Court Cases That shaped LGBTQ Rights

Did the Supreme Court Say Businesses Can Now Discriminate ...

The US Supreme Court recently ruled that businesses can now legally refuse service to LGBT people in specific circumstances.

privacy | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

In each of these cases, the Court relied upon the Fourteenth Amendment, not penumbras. Extending the Right to Privacy. In Eisenstadt, the Supreme Court decided ...

Supreme Court's LGBTQ Decision Spurs Legislation, Lawsuits

“[H]ow these doctrines protecting religious liberty interact with Title VII are questions for future cases . . .” Gorsuch wrote. Conservative Justice Samuel ...

Is Marriage Equality Next Target for SCOTUS Conservative ...

Seven years ago, the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges ... LGBTQ rights, took the opportunity to seemingly endorse a broad ...

Title IX Legal Manual - Department of Justice

Notably, on June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 ...

Supreme Court culture war rulings keep lawsuits flowing

The summer of 2023 has been an unusual season of fallout from recent US Supreme Court decisions about guns, abortion, religion, LGBTQ rights, and affirmative ...

How have Supreme Court decisions shaped LGBTQ rights over the ...

Supreme Court decisions have significantly shaped LGBTQ rights over the past decades. Notably, the landmark case Lawrence v. Texas in 2003 ...

The State of the LGBTQ Community in 2020

... transgender Americans, clearly more needs to be done to ensure equal treatment in law and in practice for this community. The U.S. Supreme ...

Supreme Court rules website designer can decline to create same ...

... right to freedom of speech. In the five years since the court's decision in Phillips' case, the composition of the court has changed ...

Russia: Supreme Court Bans “LGBT Movement” as “Extremist”

... LGBT rights activism in the country, Human Rights ... In a November 28 submission to the Supreme Court, seven prominent Russian rights ...

Supreme Court Finds LGBT People Are Protected From Employment ...

In two of the lawsuits, gay men sued after being fired for their sexual orientation. In the third case, Aimee Stephens, despite working as a ...

Russia's Supreme Court outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in landmark ruling

Russia's Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights.

Thanks to the Supreme Court, attacks on LGBTQ rights are exploding

Texas recently passed a law allowing unlicensed chaplains to serve as school guidance counselors. Another 2022 case has opened the door for ...

Gay Rights: Movement and Marriage Rights | HISTORY

The road to full marriage equality for same-sex couples in the United States was paved with setbacks and victories. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court case ...

The Fight For Same-Sex Marriage Isn't Over. Far From It. - Time

Some LGBTQ leaders fear the Supreme Court could weaken or overturn the constitutional right to gay marriage as soon as next year.

Supreme Court maintains block on entirety of Biden administration's ...

The Biden administration announced in April a new rule that expands Title IX's protections to LGBTQ students.

How the Supreme Court's LGBT Cases Fractured the First Amendment

In 1996, the Supreme Court struck down a provision in the Colorado state constitution that targeted gay people. In 2003, it invalidated laws ...

The Supreme Court's decision in the LGBTQ+ 303 Creative case

At issue was whether a Colorado web designer had a First Amendment right to reject making wedding websites for queer couples. The court ruled ...

Supreme Court Extends Title VII Protections to Sexual Orientation ...

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from ...

The Battle Between Religious Freedom and Civil Rights

2 (discussing the Fulton case). Page 7. 266. FORDHAM LAW REVIEW. [Vol. 90. LGBTQIA+ rights, ...