"A transgender member of the Illinois National Guard is suing the Trump administration over its policy barring trans and intersex federal employees from using restrooms aligned with their gender. Plaintiff LeAnne Withrow of Springfield, Illinois, is a lead military and family readiness specialist and civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard. She filed a class action suit Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, naming as defendants numerous administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem."
"The exclusionary restroom policy violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace, her suit contends. In its 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, the U.S. Supreme Court found that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Withrow joined the National Guard as a soldier in 2010, serving 13 years, according to the suit. Since then, she has been a civilian employee of the Guard, and she has received honors for her service, including the Illinois National Guard Abraham Lincoln Medal of Freedom."
LeAnne Withrow, a civilian employee and former soldier with the Illinois National Guard, filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court challenging a Trump administration policy that bars transgender and intersex federal employees from using restrooms matching their gender identity. The suit names multiple administration officials as defendants and is backed by Democracy Forward and ACLU affiliates. The lawsuit argues the policy violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and cites the Supreme Court's 2020 Bostock ruling that sex discrimination includes gender identity and sexual orientation. Withrow served 13 years in the Guard and received the Illinois National Guard Abraham Lincoln Medal of Freedom.
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