Judge tosses lawsuit challenging civil rights agency’s pullback on transgender workplace protections A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit targeting the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit alleged the agency unlawfully refused to enforce workplace protections for transgender workers. The dismissal means the specific legal challenge against the EEOC’s actions has concluded.

• A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
• The lawsuit alleged unlawful refusal to enforce workplace protections for transgender workers.
• The judge’s decision means the case against the EEOC has been dismissed.