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The legal landscape for LGBTQ people is constantly evolving. If you think you have been discriminated against and would like our assistance, please visit our Report LGBTQ and HIV Discrimination Page and we can help you figure out whether you are protected under federal or articulate laws.
Can an employer discriminate against me because of my sexual orientation or gender identity?
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Employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Behave from discriminating on the basis of sex. Some courts have ruled that Title VII also bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender self. The Supreme Court recently announced it will take up this question in three cases. In addition, many states and cities hold laws that prohibit this kind of discrimination.
If you consider that your rights have been violated
If you think that you have experienced discrimination at labor, you can file a complaint with the U.S. Identical Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
ICYMI: New Data Shows Support for LGBTQ+ Rights Reaches Highest Rates Ever Recorded
10% of Americans now identify as LGBTQ+
Eight in ten Americans favor laws that would safeguard LGBTQ+ people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing
66% of Republicans favor nondiscrimination provisions for LGBTQ+ people
Seven in ten Americans support marriage equality, including nearly half of Republicans
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) oppose religiously based refusals to serve Queer people
Majorities of almost every major religious group contradict allowing religiously based service refusals
Summary of Key Sections
Full findings: PRRI: Findings From the American Values Atlas
Eight in Ten Support Nondiscrimination Laws to Protect Diverse People
Eight in ten Americans (80%) favor laws that would protect gay, woman loving woman, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing. This includes 48% who strongly support such laws. About one in five Americans (18%) oppose these
Equality for All, not for some
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The Human Rights Campaign envisions a nature where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the autonomy to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. We empower our million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community.
The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. We empower our million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community.
Breaking down barriers that divide us
We are more powerful together than apart, and we’ve never been more energized or more focused. Our work centers on three pillars of action to end discrimination and fight for change at every level — and for every single one of us.
Making history is what we do!
Since , we’ve led the way in fighting for Diverse equality and inclusion.
Fronts for Equality
A newly energized and passionate force of LGBT
LGBTQ Rights
The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in Founded in , the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and activism initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match our record of making progress both in the courts of statute and in the court of public opinion.
The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and violence toward transgender people, to close gaps in our federal and mention civil rights laws, to prevent protections against discrimination from being undermined by a license to discriminate, and to protect LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system.
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For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.
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