Texas Asks Court to Block Federal Workplace Guidance on ‘Gender Identity’

Published on June 3, 2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration over new federal guidance requiring pronoun usage in the workplace based on “gender identity” and accommodations for bathroom use and dress code compliance. According to a complaint filed on May 21 in U.S. Northern District Court, Amarillo, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)  has unlawfully redefined “sex” in the 1964 Civil Rights Act to recognize gender identity instead of biological sex even though a 2022 federal court ruling in favor of Texas already stated that the EEOC does not have the authority to mandate reinterpretations of the 60-year-old law. EEOC’s updated “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” was released on April 29. The added language notes “gender identity, including how that identity is expressed.”...

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