A federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, ruled in favor of Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a lawsuit over Biden administration-era guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding bathroom and pronoun policies.

Paxton filed the lawsuit in August over the EEOC’s April 2024 policy that required employers to allow men into women-only spaces, including restrooms and locker rooms, and forced employees to use pronouns that contradict a person’s biological sex.

In a 34-page ruling issued May 15, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Donald Trump appointee, said the EEOC exceeded its statutory authority and its guidance was “inconsistent with the text, history, and tradition” of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and “recent Supreme Court precedent” and vacated it.

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