Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying its compliance with one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders violates the rights of transgender workers who say they’ve been discriminated against.

The suit was brought by FreeState Justice, the National Women’s Law Center, and Democracy Forward in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against both the EEOC and its acting head, Andrea Lucas. On July 31, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lucas to a second five-year term at the agency on a party-line vote of 52-45. The New York Times reported that she is still awaiting an appointment by Trump from her position of acting chair to chair of the agency.

“For over 60 years, the EEOC’s mandate has been to protect work

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