Key takeaways:
Former EEOC director Marc Seawright resigned citing a hostile work environment .
Trump executive orders reversed protections for transgender employees.
LeAnne Withrow filed a class action lawsuit over restroom access.
Advocates warn of a government-wide effort to erase transgender identities.
Marc Seawright took pride in his job at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he worked for more than eight years and most recently oversaw technology policy to support the agency’s mission of combating workplace harassment and discrimination.
But then President Donald Trump began targeting transgender and nonbinary people within hours of returning to the White House by issuing a series of executive orders — including one declaring the existence of two unc