In Oregon, an employer may not discriminate or retaliate against an individual based on their gender identity or sexual orientation including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, and more.
“An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.”
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On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Bostock affirming that the prohibition on sex discrimination in Title VII extends to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This decision resulted from three cases: Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda and Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, in which gay men were fired because of their sexual orientation, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, where a transgender woman was fired because of her gender identity. The Supreme Court combined these cases and issued a single opinion—Bostock v. Clayton County—in which it held that “an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.” Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., Georgia, 140 S. Ct. 1731, 207 L. Ed. 2d 218 (2020).
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