This summer, the SCOTUS ruled that LGBT Americans everywhere in the US have the right to get married. Some groups lauded the court’s decision, other condemned it. However, it has been decided. The next step towards social justice and equality from LGBT people is federal nondiscrimination protections for the LGBT community. Even though popular media sources from both sides of the issue try and frame this as an issue about the right of LGBT to feel non-threatened in their workplace or the rights of individuals business owners to run their businesses without fiscally harmful government regulation, these sides ignore the ideas that if federal protection are mandated, it will not solve de facto discrimination, and that federal nondiscrimination laws will help businesses as a whole.
Before the interpretation different medium have about federal work protections can be examined, federal work protections must first be examines in the context of social justice. Social justice can be defined as the idea that all individuals in communities “should be treated with decency and humanity (Michael),” social institutions “should be designed to promote a more equitable distribution of... rights”, and the process which fosters more equal distribution …show more content…
A case example is what happened to Dan, or Danita (Academic Source 1). Dan was an inspector in the State Department of Transportation, and was also transgender; Dan’s feelings and emotions being “more female directed and oriented than male.” And so, Dan was going to undergo a sex change operation to become Danita, a female. Dan was worried about how his co-workers would feel about his transformation, and thus went to speak to his supervisor, Rose, and Henry Rowe, the HR manager. Rose and Henry were understanding, and stated
Before the interpretation different medium have about federal work protections can be examined, federal work protections must first be examines in the context of social justice. Social justice can be defined as the idea that all individuals in communities “should be treated with decency and humanity (Michael),” social institutions “should be designed to promote a more equitable distribution of... rights”, and the process which fosters more equal distribution …show more content…
A case example is what happened to Dan, or Danita (Academic Source 1). Dan was an inspector in the State Department of Transportation, and was also transgender; Dan’s feelings and emotions being “more female directed and oriented than male.” And so, Dan was going to undergo a sex change operation to become Danita, a female. Dan was worried about how his co-workers would feel about his transformation, and thus went to speak to his supervisor, Rose, and Henry Rowe, the HR manager. Rose and Henry were understanding, and stated