Acting Chair Andrea Lucas of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is moving to implement Donald Trump’s executive order on gender, which promotes a binary view of sex. This includes removing various protections and tools that aid transgender and nonbinary individuals, such as the pronoun app and the 'X' gender marker. Lucas, appointed in 2020, focuses on defending single-sex rights in workplaces while opposing prior guidance protecting gender identity. Though she lacks unilateral authority to change certain documents, her leadership aims to align the EEOC's policies with her views on biological sex and gender.
"Biology is not bigotry. Biological sex is real, and it matters. Sex is binary (male and female) and immutable. It is not harassment to acknowledge these truths - or to use language like pronouns to reaffirm biological sex and sex-based rights."
"Lucas’s actions signify a push towards a more rigid interpretation of gender, seeking to prioritize single-sex spaces and rights while diminishing protections for nonbinary and transgender individuals."
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