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A transgender woman who alleges she was wrongfully fired from a metro Detroit funeral home after transitioning to female is at the center of a landmark civil rights battle before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The court announced on Monday that it will decide whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from being fired based on their sexual orientation or transgender status.…