20 States Sue Over Biden Administration's LGBTQ+ Rights Guidelines
Twenty state attorneys general have sued President Joe Biden’s administration over its guidelines for employers and schools on equal treatment of LGBTQ+ people. The AGs, led by Tennessee’s Herbert Slatery, claim the federal government is interfering in matters that should be handled by the states ... The states that joined Tennessee in the suit are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Education had each issued guidance in June, in keeping with Biden’s executive order to implement the provisions of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County across the federal government.
In that 2020 ruling, the high court found that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is sex discrimination, illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Biden administration says this also applies to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bans sex discrimination in education.
The guidelines do not specifically impose policies but warn that
anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination will be investigated.
The EEOC guidance includes advice on how to file a complaint of discrimination, and the Education Department guidance notes that the department will pursue remedies for any discrimination brought to its attention.
https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/31/20-states-sue-over-biden-administrations-lgbtq-rights-guidelines
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