Texas Sues EEOC Over LGBT Bathroom and Pronoun Guidance (1)

Guidance issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “misstates the law” to allow exceptions for LGBT employees from general workplace policies on bathrooms, dress codes, and locker rooms, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged in a federal lawsuit.

The June 15 EEOC guidance improperly interprets the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, GA, which decided that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination is prohibited by federal law, according to a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

“That guidance misstates the law, increasing the scope of ...