NEW: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Workers Cannot Be Fired for Being Gay or Transgender

NEW: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Workers Cannot Be Fired for Being Gay or Transgender

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that employers cannot fire employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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According to Axios:

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"Why it matters: The 6-3 opinion was a huge win for LGBT rights in a court with a clear conservative tilt. It was authored by conservative justice Neil Gorsuch, who was joined by the court's more liberal and swing members.

Title VII explicitly prohibits discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin," but it did not specifically name sexual orientation or gender identity as protected classes.

What they're saying: "An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex," Gorsuch wrote.

"Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids."