WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who was abruptly dismissed by President Donald Trump says she believes her firing and the move to reshape the panel that protects workers from discrimination is part of the administration’s “agenda to erase the existence of trans people.”
Jocelyn Samuels, in an interview with The Associated Press, said the actions — aimed at implementing Trump’s crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies — are unlawful and indicative of a looming wider rollback of work protections for women and minorities.
“My concern is that the refusal to recognize discrimination against trans people is both a way to scapegoat trans
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