US EditionNSA employee sues Trump administration over order on transgender rights and two 'immutable' genders
Sarah O'Neill challenges NSA policies that deny her transgender identity and restrict restroom use, citing violation of federal civil rights and Title VII protections.
- On Monday, Sarah O'Neill, a transgender National Security Agency data scientist, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Maryland to block enforcement of an executive order she says violates federal civil-rights law.
- An Inauguration Day executive order required federal agencies to recognize only two 'immutable' sexes, reflecting President Donald Trump's 2024 rhetoric in a flurry of early actions.
- According to the lawsuit, the NSA cancelled its transgender-recognition policy and O'Neill says the policies violate Section VII of the Civil Rights Act.
- O'Neill is asking the court to restore her workplace rights and award damages, and the suit joins many legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive actions in the federal judiciary.
- Legal precedent on Title VII means a decision could affect transgender federal employees nationwide, as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that Title VII's sex discrimination ban applies to gender identity.
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Transgender NSA employee files discrimination lawsuit against Trump administration
A transgender National Security Agency employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of violating her civil rights.Sarah O’Neill, an out trans woman who works as a data scientist for the NSA, filed the lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court in Maryland. The suit claims that the Trump administration violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by enforcing executive orders that deny the existence of tr…
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Sarah O’Neill, a transgender data scientist at the NSA, challenges a presidential executive order signed by Trump on Inauguration Day that directs the federal government to recognise only two ‘immutable” sexes — male and female’
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NSA employee sues Trump administration over order on transgender rights and two 'immutable' genders
A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and seeking to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NSA employee sues Trump administration over order on transgender rights
A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and seeking to block enforcement of a presidential executive order...
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