Sessions ends workplace protections for transgender people under civil rights act
By Sari Horwitz and Spencer S. Hsu
The Washington Post
October 5, 2017 at 2:03 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-administration-asks-court-to-toss-out-challenge-to-military-transgender-ban/2017/10/05/3819aec4-a9d5-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.ea6c2caa493e

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reversed a three-year-old Justice Department policy that protected transgender workers from discrimination under federal law.

"In a memo to his U.S. attorney offices and agency heads, Sessions said that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect transgender people from workplace discrimination by private employers and state and local governments .

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"The attorney general's memo says the Justice Department will take this position "in all pending and future matters," indicating his policy will have a wide-ranging impact."

In my state the penalty for this is a 1000$ fine.  A large employer here has a 280 million dollar market capitalization...