<ul><li>The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced in a memo that it will no longer fund joint investigations of discrimination claims involving transgender employees and disparate-impact allegations.</li><li>State and local civil rights agencies, like the New York State Division of Human Rights, have confirmed receiving the memo but stated they will continue accepting and investigating complaints related to gender identity within their jurisdictions.</li><li>Under the leadership of Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, the EEOC is moving away from enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws concerning transgender employees, impacting the agency's external collaborations with civil rights officials across the country.</li><li>This shift aligns with President Donald Trump's executive order to eliminate all references to transgender individuals from federal policy, leading EEOC to stop processing certain discrimination claims and harassment lawsuits concerning gender identity.</li></ul>

EEOC pulls funding from joint state, local transgender bias investigations

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