Funeral home settles lawsuit that led to LGBT rights ruling

December 2, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY, NEWS, US NEWS Comments Off on Funeral home settles lawsuit that led to LGBT rights ruling
Actress Laverne Cox greets Aimee Stephens, who was fired from her job at a funeral home when she announced her transition. Her former employers say they are allowed to fire trans people because federal law doesn't protect them. (Photo: Screenshot/Twitter/ACLU of Michigan)

Detroit’s R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes has settled a lawsuit brought by former employee Aimee Stephens for anti-transgender discrimination. The case ended up at the Supreme Court and was one of three cases that established that LGBTQ people are…