lgbtq+ court cases

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in the case of a graphic designer who is challenging a Colorado law that would require businesses to provide services for same-sex weddings.

In Thursday’s ruling, Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk sided with the state of Texas, ruling that while employers are prohibited from discriminating against LGBTQ+ workers, “correlated conduct,” such as bathroom and pronoun usage, are “not necessarily” covered, the Texas Tribune reports. 

“By denying certiorari in Ingersoll & Freed v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc., the Supreme Court has once again said that critical nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTQ people are legally enforceable and has set a strong and definitive precedent.”

“With today’s announcement, countless intersex, non-binary, and other gender-diverse United States passport applicants will at last get the accurate passports they need.”

“It’s over. We won.” 

The court “did not see evidence of a crime and found that the activists were not motivated by a desire to offend anyone’s religious feelings, but rather wanted to defend those facing discrimination.”