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[^1]\n\nOn August 18, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reached a settlement with the Christian Employers Alliance (CEA) pledging not to pursue any claims of gender identity-based discrimination against the alliance in perpetuity. [^2]\n\nAndrea Lucas, an EEOC commissioner appointed by Trump, claimed at a July hearing that the agency's demographic data collection is unconstitutional and burdensome on employers. [^3]\n\nKatie Sandson, senior counsel on the education and workplace justice team at the National Women's Law Center, stated that getting rid of this data collection is part of a larger effort to weaponize civil rights enforcement. [^4]\n\nSince taking office in January 2025, the Trump administration fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners, resulting in a 2-1 Republican majority on the commission. [^5]\n\nAndrea Lucas, the current Republican chair of the EEOC, has pursued an agenda that includes eliminating protections for gender identity discrimination and withdrawing from lawsuits on behalf of transgender and nonbinary workers. [^6]\n\nKarla Gilbride, a former EEOC general counsel under President Joe Biden who is now at the American Civil Liberties Union, stated she is not aware of any settlement that creates a permanent freedom from investigation. [^7]\n\nThe settlement prevents EEOC investigators from looking into complaints of gender identity discrimination, effectively stopping them dead in their tracks and requiring workers to sue their employers in court. 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