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Interesting If True - Episode 8: Jim's Supreme Introduction!
Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that's interesting, if not always accurate, where I’m FINALLY available to take a turn telling tantalizing tales and I promise not to lie to you, unlike the others who would if they thought it’s funny…
I'm your host this week, Big Gay Jim, and with me are (introduce each host and their blurb)
I'm Steve and I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and gosh darn it, people … well, don’t really like me that much, but I’m fine with that.
I'm Aaron, and this week I learned that forging your birth certificate is a great way to look and feel 10 years younger… on paper.
I'm Jim, and this week I’m reminded of something I learned long ago: gay pride was not born of a need to celebrate being gay, but our right to exist without persecution. Instead of wondering why there isn’t a straight pride month or movement, be thankful you don’t need one.
June (and Pride) is Busting Out All Over
* https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/15/gay-and-trans-people-who-took-their-cases-supreme-court
* https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/01/aimee-stephens-fired-being-trans-decided-live-and-fight-back
* http://supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf
In honor of Pride Month, I’d like to tell you a very recent tantalizing tale and `introduce you to three people I’ve never met.
Gerald Bostock was a child welfare services coordinator assigned to the Juvenile Court of Clayton County, Ga. He had worked there for a decade, where he directed an award-winning program that assigned volunteer advocates to neglected and abused children in the juvenile justice system. He had received good performance reviews. Gerald was also gay. He hadn’t been closeted at work, but in January 2013 he joined the Hotlanta Softball League, a gay-focused league in the Atlanta area. In June of that year, he was fired for “conduct unbecoming” a county official; the county said he had mismanaged funds, which he says is totally untrue.
Next, meet Aimee Stephens. She had worked six years as a funeral director for R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes in suburban Detroit. But she was struggling with the feeling she was living two lives: one as a man at work, one as a woman at home, and in other venues outside her workplace. It had become so stressful for Stephens that In November 2012, she was standing in her backyard pointing a gun at her chest. But she chose life and decided to come out to her employer. She was fired two weeks after handing her coming-out letter to her supervisor. They justified their actions saying that allowing Stephens to present as female at work would violate the corporate dress code and the owner’s belief that gender is God-given, fixed at birth, and immutable.
Next is Donald Zarda. He was a skydiving instructor for Altitude Express, a skydiving company in New York until he was dismissed in 2010, just days after telling a client he was gay. The company claimed he was fired for inappropriately touching a female client, not for being gay.
What do these three people have in common? They decided to fight back, and just made history, but I’ll let Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch tell you more. You see, most everything we’re about to discuss comes directly from this week’s SCOTUS decision.
172 pages in the decision
* 37 pages of the majority opinion – 6-3 decision written by GORSUCH! (Trump appointee),
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Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that's interesting, if not always accurate, where I’m FINALLY available to take a turn telling tantalizing tales and I promise not to lie to you, unlike the others who would if they thought it’s funny…
I'm your host this week, Big Gay Jim, and with me are (introduce each host and their blurb)
I'm Steve and I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and gosh darn it, people … well, don’t really like me that much, but I’m fine with that.
I'm Aaron, and this week I learned that forging your birth certificate is a great way to look and feel 10 years younger… on paper.
I'm Jim, and this week I’m reminded of something I learned long ago: gay pride was not born of a need to celebrate being gay, but our right to exist without persecution. Instead of wondering why there isn’t a straight pride month or movement, be thankful you don’t need one.
June (and Pride) is Busting Out All Over
* https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/15/gay-and-trans-people-who-took-their-cases-supreme-court
* https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/01/aimee-stephens-fired-being-trans-decided-live-and-fight-back
* http://supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf
In honor of Pride Month, I’d like to tell you a very recent tantalizing tale and `introduce you to three people I’ve never met.
Gerald Bostock was a child welfare services coordinator assigned to the Juvenile Court of Clayton County, Ga. He had worked there for a decade, where he directed an award-winning program that assigned volunteer advocates to neglected and abused children in the juvenile justice system. He had received good performance reviews. Gerald was also gay. He hadn’t been closeted at work, but in January 2013 he joined the Hotlanta Softball League, a gay-focused league in the Atlanta area. In June of that year, he was fired for “conduct unbecoming” a county official; the county said he had mismanaged funds, which he says is totally untrue.
Next, meet Aimee Stephens. She had worked six years as a funeral director for R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes in suburban Detroit. But she was struggling with the feeling she was living two lives: one as a man at work, one as a woman at home, and in other venues outside her workplace. It had become so stressful for Stephens that In November 2012, she was standing in her backyard pointing a gun at her chest. But she chose life and decided to come out to her employer. She was fired two weeks after handing her coming-out letter to her supervisor. They justified their actions saying that allowing Stephens to present as female at work would violate the corporate dress code and the owner’s belief that gender is God-given, fixed at birth, and immutable.
Next is Donald Zarda. He was a skydiving instructor for Altitude Express, a skydiving company in New York until he was dismissed in 2010, just days after telling a client he was gay. The company claimed he was fired for inappropriately touching a female client, not for being gay.
What do these three people have in common? They decided to fight back, and just made history, but I’ll let Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch tell you more. You see, most everything we’re about to discuss comes directly from this week’s SCOTUS decision.
172 pages in the decision
* 37 pages of the majority opinion – 6-3 decision written by GORSUCH! (Trump appointee),