 In 2015, the EEOC ruled in "Baldwin v. Foxx" that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is also prohibited in employment under Title VII, on the exact same basis as in "Macy".Gerald Bostock was an employee of Clayton County, within the Atlanta metropolitan area, as an official for its juvenile court system since 2003, with good performance records through the years.In early 2013, he joined a gay softball league and promoted it at work for volunteerism.