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Title: Trump’s EEOC abandons trans man’s workplace discrimination case
Post by: Jessica_Rose on June 27, 2026, 08:51:50 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on June 27, 2026, 08:51:50 PM
'It's coming from the top': Trump's EEOC abandons trans man's workplace discrimination case
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations
Christopher Wiggins (26 June 2026)
Flint Del Sol thought the government might tell him no. He did not expect it to say the quiet part in writing.
For nearly three years, Del Sol, an educator and author, had been pursuing a workplace discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against his former employer, a Southern California school district where he taught for more than a decade. As a transgender man, he says he filed the complaint after years of threats, scrutiny, and what he described as discriminatory treatment tied to his transition and his advocacy for LGBTQ+ students.
Then, on Tuesday, he said, an EEOC investigator called with an update. The agency could no longer move forward.
"I'm sorry to let you know, but we are not pursuing transgender discrimination cases," Del Sol recalled the investigator telling him. "It's coming from the top."
Del Sol asked the investigator to confirm the conversation by email. The response, reviewed by The Advocate, was a gut punch.
"That is correct," the investigator wrote. "We are not permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command."
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations
Christopher Wiggins (26 June 2026)
Flint Del Sol thought the government might tell him no. He did not expect it to say the quiet part in writing.
For nearly three years, Del Sol, an educator and author, had been pursuing a workplace discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against his former employer, a Southern California school district where he taught for more than a decade. As a transgender man, he says he filed the complaint after years of threats, scrutiny, and what he described as discriminatory treatment tied to his transition and his advocacy for LGBTQ+ students.
Then, on Tuesday, he said, an EEOC investigator called with an update. The agency could no longer move forward.
"I'm sorry to let you know, but we are not pursuing transgender discrimination cases," Del Sol recalled the investigator telling him. "It's coming from the top."
Del Sol asked the investigator to confirm the conversation by email. The response, reviewed by The Advocate, was a gut punch.
"That is correct," the investigator wrote. "We are not permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command."
Title: Re: Trump’s EEOC abandons trans man’s workplace discrimination case
Post by: Lori Dee on June 27, 2026, 10:12:55 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on June 27, 2026, 10:12:55 PM
What a pathetic country we have become.