Bi Sasquatch<p>Headline: EEOC shift on LGBT protections creates legal complications for businesses</p><p>Source: The Business Journals</p><p>From the article: &quot;The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Trump administration is reversing course on LGBT protections, which is putting businesses in a difficult spot.</p><p>&quot;That’s because, despite the EEOCs decision to withdraw from a number of cases prosecuting LGBT discrimination claims and President Donald Trump&#39;s executive orders that target transgender Americans, discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation is still against federal law. That was reaffirmed in a 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County in 2020.</p><p>“While the federal government now recognizes only male and female sexes, private-sector employers should keep in mind that the [executive order] does not reverse binding court precedent, and employers must continue to comply with Title VII and applicable state laws — many of which are in direct conflict with the EO,” said Mariah Berry, senior associate at Muskat Devine LLP, in an email.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EEOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EEOC</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Businesses</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Employers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PrivateSectorEmployers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrivateSectorEmployers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Employees</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTProtections</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTSiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTSiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AcceptanceMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcceptanceMatters</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQIAPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQIAPlus</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lesbian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gay</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bisexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bisexual</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Intersex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Intersex</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Asexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Asexual</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NonBinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NonBinary</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePoliticsOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThePoliticsOfHate</span></a></p><p>URL for article because thumbnail is not displaying:<br /><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2025/02/21/trump-eeoc-lgbt-business-employer-supreme-court.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bizjournals.com/bizjournals/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/2025/02/21/trump-eeoc-lgbt-business-employer-supreme-court.html</span></a></p>