US supreme court to hear straight woman’s ‘reverse discrimination’ case

<p>Marlean Ames’s case could transform workplace discrimination claims and lead to flood of lawsuits</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court">US supreme court</a> will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that has the potential to transform workplace discrimination claims and unleash a flood of lawsuits from white people, straight people and men.</p><p>Marlean Ames has brought an appeal to the highest court claiming that she was passed over for a job and demoted because she is straight. She says she was removed from her position as an administrator in a state agency for youth services in Ohio and replaced by a gay man.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/reverse-straight-discrimination-case-supreme-court">Continue reading...</a>