There's been a big victory for LGBTQ workers in the fight against discrimination
 

There's been a big victory for LGBTQ workers in the fight against discrimination
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It's been a long time coming, but LGBTQ workers are finally a step closer to being truly protected from workplace discrimination, according to a ruling from a federal appeals court in Chicago. The judges determined that, under the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, LGBT employees can**t be fired on the basis of their ***ual orientation, the first time that determination has been made in court.

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It stems from the case of Kimberly Hively, who sued Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend, Indiana, alleging that the school denied her promotions and eventually fired her because she's a lesbian. A federal appeals court panel upheld the dismissal of her lawsuit last year; this ruling reversed that. Read more...

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