Texas Ag Department Imposes 'Biological Gender' Dress Code on Employees

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Source: The Advocate

Texas Ag Department Imposes 'Biological Gender' Dress Code on Employees

The new wording is aimed at transgender employees and will affect cisgender ones too.

TRUDY RING
APRIL 25 2023 10:18 AM EST

The Texas Department of Agriculture has issued a dress code stating that employees must dress “in a manner consistent with their biological gender.”

The wording, which was not in the dress code previously, makes it “clear that the new policy is intended to single out queer and trans employees for censure,” the Texas Observer reports. The Observer notes that it “continues Governor Greg Abbott’s campaign of anti-LGBTQ+ oppression.” The code will also affect cisgender workers who favor gender-neutral clothing, the publication points out.

The new code is dated April 13 and was distributed to employees a few days later. It has the stamp of approval of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. It’s not clear if it originated with Miller, Abbott, or someone else in state government. Neither the Department of Agriculture nor the governor’s office commented to local media on the matter, which was reported by the Observer and The Texas Tribune Monday. But Miller has supported the anti-LGBTQ+ bills and policies put forth by other state officials.

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