Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, resigned on Thursday. LGBTQ+ people are celebrating, as she used her office to persecute schools and organizations that supported transgender-inclusion as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

“Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division with conviction the past 18 months,” US Attprney General Blanche wrote in a post on X. “She has defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor. The Department is grateful for her dedicated public service, and we wish her every success in her future endeavors.”

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During her Senate confirmation hearing in February 2025, Dhillon spoke against trans women athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Dhillon has repeatedly opposed policies that allow transgender individuals, particularly students, to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity, implying that it threatens the safety and dignity of cisgender girls and women.

Dhillon’s former legal advocacy group, the Center for American Liberty, previously advocated for conversion therapy, sued to overturn state “shield laws” that protect trans individuals fleeing persecution from anti-trans legislation in other states, sued to force schols to foricbly out trans kids to their potentially unsupportive parents, and sued for allegedly teaching students about “transgenderism” and anti-racist “critical race theory.”

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) celebrated Dhillon’s resignation, calling it “welcome, if overdue.”

“Harmeet Dhillon spent her time hellbent on dismantling the Civil Rights Division, driving out more than half its attorneys and turning an institution built to protect vulnerable people into a tool to target the LGBTQ+ community, among many others,” HRC Senior Vice President or Policy and Litigation Sharon McGowan wrote in a statement.

“Her departure is welcome, if overdue. But it doesn’t automatically undo the damage. The new Congress must use its oversight power to find out what was lost and restore the division’s true mission. And the Senate should not confirm anyone in this role whose anti-LGBTQ+, anti-civil rights views come even close to Dhillon.”

Lesbian political pundit Rachel Maddow wrote on her Bluesky account that Dhillon’s resignation means she can no longer be impeached for her actions. However, Blanche still can for overseeing her office’s actions.

Newly elected Democrats have promised to subpoena DOJ and other White House officials for their questionable and possibly unconstitutional actions.

Trans journalist Erin Reed wrote, “I hope congress investigates her corruption in targeting trans people. She’s the one strongarming schools into anti-trans policy. She’s the one targeting health insurance for trans people. She tries to claim hormones make trans people violent. F**k yes she’s gone.”