Section 7

Citation: Section 7
Parent Document: Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2020-06-15
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4760997/bostock-v-clayton-county/ ↗

Full Text

928 chars

New York City, have ordinances making the failure to use
an individual’s preferred pronoun a punishable offense,59
and some colleges have similar rules.60 After today’s deci-
sion, plaintiffs may claim that the failure to use their pre-
ferred pronoun violates one of the federal laws prohibiting
sex discrimination. See Prescott v. Rady Children’s Hospi-
tal San Diego, 265 F. Supp. 3d 1090, 1098–1100 (SD Cal.
2017) (hospital staff ’s refusal to use preferred pronoun vio-
lates ACA).61
  The Court’s decision may also pressure employers to sup-
press any statements by employees expressing disapproval
of same-sex relationships and sex reassignment proce-
dures. Employers are already imposing such restrictions
voluntarily, and after today’s decisions employers will fear
——————
ve, ver, vis; xe, xem, xyr, xyrs; ze/zie, hir, hirs).
   59 See 47 N. Y. C. R. R. §2–06(a) (2020) (stating that a “deliberate re-

Other Sections in This Document (1015)

Full Text