Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Anti-Discrimination Protection for LGBTQ People

LOS ANGELES – SAG-AFTRA applauds today’s Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, which holds that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employment discrimination on the “basis of sex” encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Firing someone for being LGBTQ is now illegal in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Prior to today’s landmark ruling, close to 30 states offered no protection whatsoever and LGBTQ people could (and did) get fired for absolutely no reason.

This is one of the most significant decisions about employment law in many years and a long overdue blow to state-sanctioned discrimination.

About SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.