US EditionFederal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers
- A federal judge in Texas invalidated EEOC guidance that offered protections against workplace mistreatment related to employees' gender identity and sexual orientation.
- The EEOC issued this guidance under President Biden in April last year to update workplace harassment rules for the first time in 25 years.
- Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, appointed by President Trump in 2017, ruled that the EEOC overstepped its legal bounds by issuing guidance that expanded the definition of sex discrimination to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, striking down these portions of the guidance.
- In fiscal year 2024, the EEOC received over 3,000 discrimination complaints related to sexual orientation or gender identity, while Kacsmaryk argued that the guidance conflicts with the language, history, and established legal interpretations of Title VII.
- The ruling, praised by the Heritage Foundation but opposed by the National Women's Law Center, may hinder enforcement of workplace protections for LGBTQIA+ employees but does not change existing law.
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Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers - The Boston Globe
The decision marks the latest blow to workplace protections for transgender workers following President Trump’s executive order declaring that the government would recognize only two “immutable” sexes.
Wingnut Texas Judge Overrules SCOTUS Trans Decision Because YOLO - Above the Law
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is at it again. Mitch McConnell and Leonard Leo parked the conservative wingnut in a single-judge district in Amarillo for the express purpose of allowing conservatives to order up injunctions blocking President Biden’s executive orders. That was back when nationwide injunctions were good, of course. But now he’s got a new task: turning President Trump’s executive orders into law. Yesterday he purported to operationalize …
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Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers
A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency specifying protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
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