Texas federal judge strikes down transgender workplace protections

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56% : It also said that refusing to use an employee's preferred pronouns or allow them to wear clothes or use the bathroom that matches their gender identity qualifies as sex-based harassment.
55% : The commission said in that guidance that Title VII's prohibition on workplace discrimination on the basis of "sex" included sexual orientation and gender identity.
55% : " Kacsmaryk ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County that firing an employee because of their sexual orientation or gender identity constitutes sex-based discrimination under Title VII does not provide a legal basis for the EEOC's guidance, finding that the court's ruling in Bostock was limited only to firing decisions.
50% : As part of the order, Trump directed the EEOC to rescind the 2024 enforcement guidance.
36% : " Days later, Trump removed Burrows and Samuels from the commission, leaving the EEOC without the quorum needed to formally rescind the guidance.

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