A group of House Democrats is alarmed by the Treasury Department's proposal, under Secretary Scott Bessent, to remove sexual orientation and gender identity as valid grounds for sex discrimination complaints. They argue this would confuse employees and undermine established civil rights protections. This proposal seems to align with President Trump's recent executive order that defines sex strictly in a binary manner, thereby reversing previous protections that had been implemented under former Secretary Janet Yellen, which emphasized zero tolerance for discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
"Employees should not have to know EEOC or Supreme Court precedent to know that the discrimination they faced on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation is unlawful sex discrimination that can be reported."
The letter comes amid a cascade of policy shifts stemming from President Donald Trump's January executive order redefining sex as a strictly binary, biological trait.
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