Texas Loses Bid to Block EEOC Guidance on Gender Identity

A Texas federal judge rejected the state attorney general’s bid to block the enforcement of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s new workplace harassment guidance, ruling that he cannot resurrect a closed case to seek such relief.

US District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk said Wednesday that federal court rules require Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to file a new case to challenge the EEOC’s guidance, which shields LGBTQ+ employees who seek to use pronouns and bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.

Paxton asked the court in May to permanently vacate the April 29 guidance on the basis that it violates ...