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The City of Pittsburgh announced Friday that it is joining with almost 100 other Mayors and cities in the nation urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of LGBT nondiscrimination protections in the workplace.
In a release, Mayor Bill Peduto said “No one should experience discrimination because of who they are or who they love. Our LGBT neighbors and community members make important contributions to our community, and they just want the same thing as every other resident: to raise a family, to make a decent living, and to feel accepted in the city they call home. As Mayor, it’s my responsibility to make sure all of my residents are treated with dignity, fairness, and respect. No form of discrimination has any place in the City of Pittsburgh, nor in the United States.”
The push stems from three cases that the court will here in its next term where two individuals were fired from their jobs for being gay and one person was fired after revealing to her employer that she is a transgender woman.
The brief states "Local anti-discrimination laws promote the prosperity and vitality of American communities. Among other things, these laws enhance innovation and economic opportunities. For example, researchers have found that state-level non-discrimination acts barring sexual orientation and transgender status discrimination result in higher rates of innovation, as measured by patents and patent citations. Adopting specific protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or transgender status has facilitated LGBT individuals’ participation in, and contribution to, their communities, enriching both the individual and the whole. And it has achieved that end with no real difficulties of implementation or administration, all while avoiding burdening taxpayer resources to remediate the harms of workplace discrimination against LGBT residents."
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