August 14, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a California judge to toss a transgender former agency director's suit claiming the EEOC's reduction of LGBTQ protections caused him so much distress he was forced to quit, arguing his suit pushes only general grievances about presidential policy.
April 23, 2026
A former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission director sued the agency in California federal court Thursday, alleging it forced him, a queer and transgender man, to participate in the "erasure" of LGBTQ+ individuals, a move his attorney called "ironic" for the agency tasked with upholding antidiscrimination laws.