Texas 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing Tarrant County Community College v. Sims (Photo via YouTube) Human Rights Campaign filed an amicus brief in the case Tarrant County Community College v.
Sims, which addresses the scope of protections against discrimination for LGBTQ workers under Texas state law. The case is in the Texas 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and was heard by a three-judge panel that included newly-elected Justice Dennise Garcia on Jan.
13. This is the first opportunity for a Texas state appeals court to interpret the Texas Commission on Human Relations Act after last summer’s U.S.
Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County that determined discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender