Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump
CLAIRE SAVAGE
Associated Press
Updated
Since returning to office, the Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender Americans, including reinstating a military ban and issuing executive orders targeting LGBTQ rights. Transgender and gender nonconforming federal employees interviewed by the Associated Press desc…
Marc Seawright took pride in his job at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he worked for more than eight years and most recently oversaw technology policy to support the agency's mission of combating workplace harassment and discrimination.
An award is shown as Marc Seawright is interviewed at the Katz Banks Kumin law office in San Francisco, July 14.
LeAnne Withrow, a transgender federal worker who has filed a class action lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms aligned with their gender, poses for a photo at her home outside Springfield, Ill., July 30.
LeAnne Withrow, a transgender federal worker who has filed a class action lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms aligned with their gender, stands outside her home July 30 near Springfield, Ill.
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LeAnne Withrow, a transgender federal worker who has filed a class action lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms aligned with their gender, stands outside her home July 30 near Springfield, Ill.
LeAnne Withrow, a transgender federal worker who has filed a class action lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms aligned with their gender, poses for a photo at her home outside Springfield, Ill., July 30.
