Photo of Aimee Stephens, an elderly lady, sitting on a bench beside her house and yard.

Aimee Stephens, Plaintiff in Transgender Case, Dies at 59

by Aimee Ortiz
New York Times

Ms. Stephens was fired from her job after she announced that she would live as a woman. Her complaint is now before the Supreme Court. Aimee Stephens, whose potentially groundbreaking case before the Supreme Court could have major implications for the fight for civil rights for transgender people, died on Tuesday at her home in Redford, Mich., outside Detroit. She was 59.

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