"In her mass February email criticizing the agency's efforts to comply with Trump's order, Ortiz told Lucas, 'You are not fit to be our chair much less hold a license to practice law.'"
"Ortiz stressed that the EEOC was abandoning its commitment to protecting transgender rights, classifying gender identity-related cases as its lowest priority, a stark departure from its previous stance."
The termination of Administrative Judge Karen Ortiz from the EEOC illustrates a pivotal conflict over transgender rights within the agency. Ortiz opposed President Trump's executive order defining gender as binary and criticized the agency's compliance, which led to a significant deprioritization of transgender discrimination cases. Her critiques, communicated in a widely circulated email, criticized Acting Chair Andrea Lucas' leadership and raised alarms about the agency's retreat from civil rights protections for transgender workers. Her firing follows a broader trend within the agency to align with the current administration's directives.
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