Texas Pushes EEOC on Workplace Gender Identity Protections

Texas and the Heritage Foundation have asked a Texas federal court for a quick-turnaround decision on their bid to block EEOC guidance that reinforces LGBTQ+ harassment protections in the workplace.

The April guidance should be struck down because it goes beyond the boundaries of US Supreme Court precedent, one of the reasons a similar policy was tossed in 2021, the Republican-run state and the think tank behind Project 2025 told the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in seeking summary judgment.

The case is one of at least two lawsuits challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s interpretation ...