Executive order jeopardizes protections for LGBTQ+ workers against workplace harassment, critics say
The order declares that the United States will only recognize two sexes, male and female, and states that those sexes are binary, biological and “not changeable.” The order also calls for the rescission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s April guidance entitled “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.”
The executive order doesn’t actually change any existing laws, LGBTQ+ elder advocacy group SAGE said, but it “signals the hostility this administration plans to show the LGBTQ+ community.” […]
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