Hero doesn’t feel an apt enough description for Aimee Stephens, whose tireless advocacy on behalf of trans people made her the first trans woman to ever have her case heard before the Supreme Court. The Detroit News reports that Stephens died at home Tuesday, at 59, while waiting for a decision in the landmark case.
, whose tireless advocacy on behalf of trans people made her the first trans woman to ever have her case heard before the Supreme Court. Thethat Stephens died at home Tuesday, at 59, while waiting for a decision in the landmark case.: “I believe in what I’m doing. I’ve stood up for myself to make sure that it happens. That’s what keeps me going.
The Equal Opportunity Commission then sued her former workplace, Harris Homes, on Stephens’s behalf, with the 6Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in favor of Stephens, citing that Title VII’s prohibiting of discrimination on the basis of sex extends to trans people. The owner of Harris Homes, Thomas Rost, appealed to the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments for the case in October 2019.
We are very thankful for everyone’s generosity and expressions of support and love. Aimee continues in hospice. She has moments of clarity. She is thankful and gets peace from the comments that have been shared.In a statement Monday, Donna Stephens wrote: “Aimee is an inspiration. She has given so many hope for the future of equality for LGBTQ people in our country, and she has rewritten history.
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