The US Supreme Court has delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights — and a defeat for President Donald Trump’s administration — by ruling that a longstanding law barring workplace discrimination also protects gay and transgender employees.
Key points:
- The justices voted 6-3 in the ruling, with two conservative judges voting alongside four liberals
- Workplace bias against LGBT people had previously been legal across much of the US
- The Trump administration backed the employers who had been sued for discrimination
The landmark 6-3 ruling represented the biggest moment for LGBT rights in the United States since the Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015.
Two conservative justices joined the court’s four liberals in the decision: Neil Gorsuch, a 2017 Trump administration appointee who wrote the ruling, and Chief Justice John Roberts.
The justices decided that gay and transgender people are protected under Titl