Kalpana Kotagal
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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No one should have to endure this kind of harassment.
You know, and I don't have to go into the details, obviously, but people being referred to as it, all kinds of unwanted touching and sexual advances.
And imagine, right, like if you were those workers, they had their civil rights violated.
They came to the agency that's supposed to protect their rights.
And then they are literally re-victimized by having the agency abandon them.
In the process of their cases, I think it's obviously shocking, right?
And it's really disheartening.
You mentioned the harassment guidance, the rescission of that.
That was literally done because it referenced protections from harassment for LGBTQ plus workers.
A couple of other things that I think are worth noting.
The agency has been reported as refusing to investigate or to develop for litigation charges that arise under gender identity, right?
Discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
And so they're basically not being investigated and they're not being developed for litigation.
You know, we don't have to drill too deep into the Bostock opinion, right, to see quite clearly that
That LGBTQ plus workers are protected from discrimination under Title VII, including harassment.
But the agency has left them and I think in particular trans workers to fend for themselves.
I think.
One thing I would want to just make sure that folks hear is that even as the EEOC is backtracking, it's super important for employers not to do that.
Not just because there are courts, but also because a future Democratic administration is going to come down on this and probably most significantly because it's just the right thing to do.
Yeah, I mean, data tells data is just it's so important.
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