Democrats accuse acting head of US employment agency of failing to protect trans and nonbinary workers

Letter alleges that Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ‘abdicated responsibility under the law’

Democrats are demanding the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforce civil rights protections for transgender and nonbinary people.

A letter to Andrea Lucas, a copy of which was viewed by the Guardian, alleges the agency has “abdicated this responsibility under the law when it comes to transgender and nonbinary workers”.

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