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====''Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. R.G. &. G.R Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.''====

[[Aimee Stephens]], a transgender woman, worked at the [[R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission|R.G. &. G.R Harris Funeral Homes]] and originally was dressing as a stereotypical male following the funeral home's male attire, but Stephens had intended to transition to female attire to better suit her [[gender identity]]. Thomas Rost, the owner of the funeral home, fired Stephens for not presenting herself as a man and for dressing like a woman.<ref name=":3">{{Citation|title=Eeoc v. Rg &. Gr Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.|date=October 4, 2017|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11341739590762191378&q=r.g.+&+g.r.+harris+funeral+homes+v.+eeoc&hl=en&as_sdt=20000006&as_vis=1|volume=884|pages=560|access-date=February 25, 2021}}, Argued: October 4, 2017</ref> Stephens opened a case at the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]], stating discrimination based on sex and gender but the district court sided with the funeral home&nbsp;stating, "that transgender status is not a protected trait under [[Title VII]]".<ref name=":3" /> In the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit|Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals]], it was ruled that Stephens was unlawfully fired based on [[Sexism|sex discrimination]], which does protect transgender people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens|url=https://www.aclu.org/cases/rg-gr-harris-funeral-homes-v-eeoc-aimee-stephens|access-date=2021-02-26|website=American Civil Liberties Union|language=en}}</ref> The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] ruled in 2020 against firing someone for being homosexual or transgender, as being discrimination based on sex.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Higgins|first=Tucker|date=2020-06-15|title=Supreme Court rules workers can't be fired for being gay or transgender|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/supreme-court-rules-workers-cant-be-fired-for-being-gay-or-transgender.html|access-date=2021-02-26|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref>