The federal agency charged with protecting workers’ civil rights has terminated a New York administrative judge who opposed White House directives, including President Donald Trump’s executive order decreeing male and female as two “immutable” sexes.
In February, Administrative Judge Karen Ortiz, who worked in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s New York office, called Trump’s order “unethical” and criticized Acting Chair Andrea Lucas — Trump’s pick to lead the agency — for complying with it by pausing work on legal cases involving discrimination claims from transgender workers. In an email copied to more than 1,000 colleagues, Ortiz pressed Lucas to resign.
Judge Ortiz probably should have been a bit for discrete, but thank you for standing up for what is right.
A judge resisted Trump’s order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has fired New York administrative judge Karen Ortiz, who has openly criticized the agency’s compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order defining male and female as “immutable” sexes.