High Court LGBT Decision Could Upend Sex-Stereotyping Bias

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rolls back federal civil rights protections for LGBT workers could impact anyone who doesn’t conform to gender stereotypes in the workplace and further shift away from policies major companies already have adopted.

The trio of cases the justices heard on Oct. 8—Altitude Express v. Zarda, Bostock v. Clayton Cty., Ga., and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. EEOC—examine whether sexual orientation and gender identity should be covered by sex discrimination protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Advocates say the decision could stretch beyond whether ...