The U.S. Department of the Interior sent an internal bulletin to employees in September on "Supporting Gender Transition in the Federal Workplace." According to documents published on X by the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, the department sent out guidelines establishing "Gender identity" as a protected class under its federal policy.
"Transitioning employees often want as little publicity about their transition as possible." The bulletin also outlines codes for "Dress and appearance," encouraging employees to "Evaluate, and consider eliminating, where appropriate, gender-specific dress and appearance rules." "Once an employee has informed management that they are transitioning, consistent with the employee's wishes, DOI dress codes should be applied to employees transitioning to a different gender in the same way that they are applied to other employees of that gender, as appropriate," the policy reads.
Employees with the National Park Service apparently violated the agency dress code during an LGBT "Pride" celebration this summer when staff held a parade at Yosemite National Park featuring celebrity environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia.
While the NPS uniform code expressly prohibits employee participation in demonstrations or public events "Wherein the wearing of the uniform could be construed as agency support for a particular issue, position, or political party," staff draped their uniforms in activist apparel anyway.
In October, the drag queen was featured by the department again with a bizarre clip promoting the false narrative that "Queer rights are more under attack than ever" alongside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
"Such intentional conduct could constitute unlawful discrimination."
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