Gerald Lynn Bostock
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Gerald Lynn Bostock is an American plaintiff whose landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Bostock v. Clayton County, established that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gerald Lynn Bostock canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT rights activist
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human ⓘ plaintiff ⓘ |
| appealHeardBy | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ |
| associatedLegalDoctrine | federal employment nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ workers ⓘ |
| caseDecidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| caseDecisionDate | 2020-06-15 ⓘ |
| causeOfLawsuit | termination from employment after joining a gay recreational softball league ⓘ |
| combinedWithCases |
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
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surface form:
Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| decisionVote | 6–3 majority ⓘ |
| decisionWrittenBy |
Neil M. Gorsuch
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surface form:
Justice Neil Gorsuch
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| employer | Clayton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filedLawsuitUnder | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| hasAdvocate |
American Civil Liberties Union
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Lambda Legal ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Georgia ⓘ |
| impactOnJurisprudence | clarified interpretation of "because of sex" in Title VII ⓘ |
| impactOnLaw | expanded federal workplace protections for LGBTQ employees ⓘ |
| influenced |
employer nondiscrimination policies across the United States
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subsequent LGBTQ rights litigation under federal law ⓘ |
| knownFor | challenging employment termination based on sexual orientation ⓘ |
| lawsuitFiledIn | United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
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employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| legalClaim | employment discrimination based on sexual orientation ⓘ |
| legalPrecedentEstablished |
Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation
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discrimination because of sexual orientation is discrimination because of sex under Title VII ⓘ |
| movement | LGBT rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| name | Gerald Lynn Bostock self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | Bostock v. Clayton County ⓘ |
| occupation | child welfare services coordinator ⓘ |
| partyTo | Bostock v. Clayton County ⓘ |
| representedBy | civil rights attorneys ⓘ |
| roleInLawsuit | plaintiff in Bostock v. Clayton County ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| sharesDecisionWith |
Aimee Stephens
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Donald Zarda ⓘ |
| spokeAt | LGBTQ rights events after Supreme Court decision ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
legal scholarship on Title VII and LGBTQ rights
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news coverage in major U.S. media outlets ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Atlanta urban area
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surface form:
Atlanta metropolitan area
Clayton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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