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Texas Agriculture Department’s New Dress Code Is Based On ‘Biological Gender’

  • The Texas Department of Agriculture is ordering its employees to comply with a new dress code, mandating they abide by it in a “manner consistent with their biological gender.” An ACLU attorney says it violates federal law that bans employment discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • In a copy of the April 13 memo first obtained by The Texas Observer, the new dress code — handed down by Sid Miller, the state’s agriculture commissioner — is required by all employees as a part of a “dress code and grooming policy.”
  • “Employees are expected to comply with this dress code in a manner consistent with their biological gender,” the new policy said.
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