Legislature Must Catch Up With Communities on Fairness Act By July 19, 2021 - 12:01 am Last Thursday, South Charleston City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ residents. There was no discussion and the ordinance passed unanimously. South Charleston became the 15 th West Virginia community to pass a Fairness Act. It was all pretty routine. South Charleston’s action followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, where the Court ruled 6-3 that an employer who fired an employee for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullins told the