Red States Drop Suit After EEOC Transgender Guidance Vacated

The Trump administration and a group of Republican-led states filed to dismiss a case challenging transgender protections in the EEOC’s harassment guidance after a Texas court vacated that portion of the agency’s Biden-era policy.

The 18 states and the Department of Justice on Tuesday jointly sought to drop the case in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. A Texas federal judge in May struck down the language the states were challenging, which protected workers from misgendering and being forced to use facilities not aligned with their gender identities.

Beyond the court order, the Equal Employment Opportunity ...