Federal Law Does Not Exempt LGBT Employees From Bathroom, Dress Code, Policies, Judge Rules

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A federal judge in Texas struck down a federal guidance exempting LGBT employees from workplace policies on bathroom use, dress codes, locker rooms, and pronoun usage.

A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy document from June 2021 overreached in its interpretation of the Supreme Courtโ€™s ruling forbidding employment discrimination based on sexual preference and gender identity, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas found. Texas sued over the guidance.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, praised the ruling in a statement on Oct. 6.

Paxton amended the stateโ€™s lawsuit 7 months ago to include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after the agency issued new rules to guarantee access to so-called gender-affirming health care for transgender young people. The HHS policy came after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, directed state agencies to initiate child abuse investigations of some families with transgender children, and after Paxton said such care can constitute abuse under state law.

โ€œThe court decision is not only a win for the rule of law, but for the safety and protection of Texas children,โ€ said Paxton.

โ€œThe Biden Administrationโ€™s attempts to radicalize federal law to track its woke political beliefs are beyond dangerous. I will continue to push back against these unlawful attempts to use federal agencies to normalize extremist positions that put millions of Texans at risk.โ€

The Supreme Court issued its ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County on June 15, 2020, finding 6-3 that employees canโ€™t be fired from their jobs because of sexual orientation or gender identity, as The Epoch Times reported.

Two conservative members of the court, Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion, and Chief Justice John Roberts, joined the four liberals then on the court by voting to expand the meaning of the word โ€œsexโ€ in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity. While Title VII of that federal statute from the Civil Rights Era prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, it doesnโ€™t mention sexual orientation, preference, or identity.

Byย Matthew Vadum

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