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Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump
Transgender federal employees report increased discrimination and loss of protections under policies reversing previous legal gains, with health insurance changes starting in 2026.
- Beginning early this year, executive orders issued under President Trump have narrowly defined sex as either male or female and have targeted transgender individuals employed by the federal government across the country.
- These actions follow a policy reversal that has erased prior legal protections, including removing transgender support tools and enforcing strict restroom use by biological sex.
- Marc Seawright, a transgender EEOC director of information governance, resigned in June citing a hostile work environment and emotional distress from anti-transgender policies at the agency.
- Seawright expressed frustration that his work was abruptly removed without the careful consideration and planning that had originally gone into developing the tool, emphasizing how his technical skills were instead applied in opposition to transgender inclusion.
- The Trump-era policies suggest a worsening climate for transgender federal workers, prompting some to file discrimination complaints while advocates warn the federal workplace grows increasingly inhospitable.
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Marc Seawright was proud of his work at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he served for more than eight years and most recently oversaw technology policy to support the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's mission.
Transgender Federal Employees Say They Face Fear and Discrimination Under Trump
The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military.
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Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump
The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military.
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