NBC News reports:
A Georgia county has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a man whose case was one of three that led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment.
The Clayton County Board of Commissioners this week approved an $825,000 settlement for Gerald Lynn Bostock, his lawyer Ed Buckley said Friday. Bostock had sued the county, which sits just south of Atlanta, saying he was fired in 2013 because he is gay.
“I’m filled with joy and words can hardly express how happy I am that this is now over,” Bostock said during a news conference Friday. “As I said from the beginning, no one should go to work fearful of losing their job because of who they are, who they love or how they identify.”
Read the full article. Bostock was fired after joining a gay softball league. The interview below is from 2020.
Man who won gay rights case at SCOTUS agrees to settlement with Clayton County https://t.co/7FxOIO9Ul8
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Confirmed: Biden has signed executive order implementing SCOTUS decision in Bostock v. Clayton County against anti-LGBTQ discrimination in all federal agencies.
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