To Be Filed Under: “There’s No Place Like Home”

The Kansas Human Rights Commission on Friday moved to begin accepting employment, housing and public accommodation complaints based on application of Bostock v. Layton County, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that blocked employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity under Title VII.

The commission’s move took into consideration the implications of the Bostock decision affirming a broad definition of “sex” in the context of Title VII, the federal anti-discrimination law administered by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.  

According to the Shawnee Mission Post, Ruth Glover, executive director of the Kansas state commission, informed members of the Kansas Legislature that the commission weighed the court’s decision in Bostock and chose to apply it to the state law, the Kansas Act Against Discrimination. The commissioners additionally determined to consider complaints based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the areas of public accommodation and housing.