Second Circuit to Rehear Case Considering Whether Title VII Includes Sexual Orientation as a Protected Class

Kyla Block

The Second Circuit,* (serving six districts within the states of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont) will reconsider its position, currently aligned with the vast majority of federal Circuits, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not include sexual orientation as a protected class.  Title VII prohibits discrimination in the employment context…