The decision, which was approved along partisan lines with three Democrat appointees in favor and two Republicans opposed, has drawn sharp criticism from nearly two dozen red states.
The guidance elevates gender identity to the same level of protection as race, sex, and religion under discrimination laws.
As stated in the guidance, prohibited harassment now encompasses "Repeated and intentional use of a name or pronoun inconsistent with the individual's known gender identity or the denial of access to a bathroom or other sex-segregated facility consistent with the individual's gender identity."
EEOC Chairwoman Charlotte A. Burrows justified the changes by citing the Supreme Court's Bostock v. Clayton decision in 2020, which found that a company would violate Title VII anti-discrimination laws if it terminated an employee "Simply for being transgender."
The Biden administration's guidelines are clearly unconstitutional and will likely be overturned in court, as they go far beyond the scope of the Bostock ruling and lack authorization from Congress.
In November 2022, a group of 20 Republican state attorneys general expressed their opposition to the EEOC's proposed restrictions on pronouns and bathrooms, arguing that the agency's efforts were not supported by the Bostock decision or any congressional action.
They clearly stated, "Bostock gives no license to these and other of EEOC's novel proposals."
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