The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reversed a key part of its 2015 landmark transgender rights ruling, allowing federal agencies to bar trans employees from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. The decision, which resulted in a 2-1 ruling against a transgender federal employee who had filed a discrimination complaint after being denied access to the women’s restroom at work, had been adopted under President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14168. The ruling stated that a man who identifies as a ‘transwoman’ is still a man; a woman who identifies in “transman’ as a woman, and misgenders the employee who brought the complaint. Critics, including Rep. Mark Takano of California, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, and Rep. Andrea Lucas of the EEOC, have criticized the move, arguing that the agency's actions violated Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination. The new ruling overturns a portion of Lusardi v. Department of the Army ruling that held it was unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.