Biden Admin’s Anti-Sex Discrimination Rule Redefines Sex to Include Gender Identity by Bill Pan – US Politics News

The Biden administration finalized its rule overhauling Title IX on Friday, leaving schools and colleges across the country a few months to update their policies on how to handle sex discrimination complaints based on a new, broadened definition of sex.
Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination—including sexual harassment and sexual violence—in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding. Among other changes, the new rule defines sexual harassment as including harassment based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
This redefinition of sex, the U.S. Department of Education said, is meant to align with the reasoning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, where a child welfare worker was allegedly fired after his employer learned he was gay….