US civil rights agency seeks to dismiss gender-identity discrimination cases
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#6VAFS)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission moves to withdraw cases that conflict with Trump order on two sexes
The US commission that enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination has moved to dismiss six cases it brought on behalf of workers alleging gender-identity discrimination, it was revealed on Saturday.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964, said in court papers it was looking to dismiss the cases in Illinois, Alabama, New York and California, because they now conflict with a Trump administration executive order to recognize only two immutable" sexes, male and female.
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