NCLR staff attorney Asaf Orr breaks down the anti-LGBTQ court decision challenging the landmark LGBTQ rights case Bostock v. Clayton County

2022-07-26

Our guest on Gaywaves this week is Asaf Orr, senior staff attorney and Transgender Youth Project director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Gaywaves has been covering the case brought by 20 state attorneys general, including Ohio's Dave Yost, seeking to overturn or severely narrow the landmark LGBTQ rights Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. That's the decision that expanded the definition of "sex' in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to finally include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Our guest on Gaywaves this week is Asaf Orr, senior staff attorney and Transgender Youth Project director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Gaywaves has been covering the case brought by 20 state attorneys general, including Ohio's Dave Yost, seeking to overturn or severely narrow the landmark LGBTQ rights Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. That's the decision that expanded the definition of "sex' in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to finally include sexual orientation and gender identity.

This week a Trump appointed federal judge in Tennessee agreed with the anti-LGBTQ attorneys general, which is of concern to LGBTQ rights advocates.

Attorney Orr breaks it down, telling us what we should be concerned about, and where this potentially harmful decision could lead.

This segment aired July 21, 2022

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