In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), which involved three consolidated cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII") protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. The 6-3 decision, issued on June 15, 2020 and authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, held that an employer who fires an individual merely because that individual is gay or transgender violates Title VII because "[s]ex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids."