The gradual acceptance and viability of homosexual and transgender Americans within mainstream society brought with it a steady number of court cases challenging discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation or transgender status. This issue, specifically discrimination in the workplace, became the basis for a case that went before the Supreme Court in 2020, Bostock v. Clayton County Board of Commissioners. In a 6–3 vote, the justices decided that Title VII, a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that bans discrimination against an employee based on “sex,” should apply to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers. Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh both wrote dissenting opinions, with Alito’s being joined by Clarence Thomas.