Friday, May 16, 2025

Blueboy (May 1980)

This May 1980 issue of Blueboy contains an article on the attempts of Paul Tsongas, a senator from Massachusetts, to amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation as one of the qualities protected from employment discrimination. Despite Tsongas’ work, senators Paul Laxalt from Nevada and Larry McDonald from Georgia launched a vehement campaign against the change, killing the effort. To this date, sexual orientation and gender identity do not appear on the list of protected traits, but the 2020 Supreme Court case Bostock v Clayton County did rule that gender identity and sexual orientation were part of sex and could not be used by employers to discriminate against employees. In addition to the article about Tsongas’ amendment, this issue also contains a showcase of men in sportswear.

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