Judge rules Trump's anti-discrimination agency engaged in discriminationhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-rules-trump-s-anti-discrimination-agency-engaged-in-discrimination/ar-AA1P8Gmo?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=81d9d8aa3a2648cbaddc3fef3ba48a80&ei=46 🔗 [Link: msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-rules-trump-s-anti-discrimination-agency-engaged-in-discrimination/ar-AA1P8Gmo/]Nicole Charky-Chami (24 Oct 2025)
A judge has ruled this month that the anti-discrimination agency under President Donald Trump engaged in discrimination against a transgender employee, which the former worker called "devastating."
EEOC Director of Information Governance and Strategy Marc Seawright, who identifies as a queer trans man, was "forced to resign because EEOC leadership engaged in discrimination against transgender employees, including the claimant," administrative judge Mary Shea of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board wrote in a ruling this month.
Shea found that Seawright had "good cause" to resign from his position in June. And due to the discrimination, he is eligible for unemployment benefits while the complaint is under review by the EEOC.
Seawright was also the board leader of the agency's employee-elected LGBTQ+ employee resource group, but that changed when the Trump administration's new EEOC chair, Andrea Lucas, disbanded the group in January.
He was then instructed to develop a technological process for the EEOC to scan or censor agency materials for "any mention of transgender, non-binary, or sexual orientation."
In Seawright's complaint, he wrote:
"What made it more disturbing was my forced involvement in making it happen."
"Being forced to create the information technology that would systematically erase all EEOC references to transgender, non-binary, or other LGBTQ+ people, given that I am a queer transgender man, was personally devastating and contributed to a hostile work environment," he said.
"The conditions of my employment have continued to deteriorate and I expect they will become worse as Acting Chair Lucas takes further steps to discriminate against transgender employees," his complaint said.
