House Dems urge gay Treasury Secretary Bessent not to scrap sexual orientation discrimination reporting tools

House Democrats oppose Bessent’s removal of SOGI from discrimination complaint forms

A letter issued last week by a group of House Democrats objects to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s removal of sexual orientation and gender identity as bases for sex discrimination complaints in several Equal Employment Opportunity forms. Bessent, who is gay, is the highest ranking openly LGBTQ official in American history and the second out Cabinet member next to Pete Buttigieg, who served as transportation secretary during the Biden-Harris …

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House Dems urge gay Treasury Secretary Bessent not to scrap sexual orientation discrimination reporting tools

A group of House Democrats is warning that the Treasury Department, under Secretary Scott Bessent, is on the verge of erasing key protections for LGBTQ+ federal workers — a move they say signals a broader assault on civil rights in the second Trump administration.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.In a letter sent Friday, Democratic Reps. Ritchie Torres of New York, Becca Balint of Ve…