The U.S. Supreme Court expanded Title VII when it handed down its Bostock decision in 2020. It ruled that the statute’s provision that employers may not discriminate on the basis of sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
On the one-year anniversary of Bostock, EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows noted that LGBTQ workplace discrimination remains an enforcement priority for the agency. “I believe we should play a central role — and indeed, should lead — in fulfilling the promise of Bostock,” she said during the opening session of EEOC’s 2021 virtual Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws conference.
