Transgender Workers’ Options Shrink With EEOC Shift (Correct)

The EEOC’s push to dismiss its transgender bias cases and scrutinize related charges narrows the legal pathways for workers accusing their employers of gender-identity discrimination.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently moved to drop at least seven lawsuits it filed on behalf of transgender workers. It also paused its processing of transgender bias charges and removed non-binary gender markers from intake forms to align with President Donald Trump’s executive order proclaiming that the government recognizes only two immutable sexes.

This enforcement pivot leaves gender non-conforming workers to pursue their own discrimination lawsuits or turn to the states, as they navigate ...