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Enforce sex discrimination law on a biological definition of sex

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 18, p. 585. Written by Jonathan Berry.

Enforce sex discrimination law on a biological definition of sex

The document says “shouldWho acts: PresidentHow: internal managementp. 585 in the PDF
What the document says

“The President should direct agencies to focus their enforcement of sex discrimination laws on the biological binary meaning of “sex.””

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 585

This accompanies the chapter's request that regulations interpreting sex discrimination provisions to cover sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status and sex characteristics be rescinded.

What the document actually says

“The President should direct agencies to focus their enforcement of sex discrimination laws on the biological binary meaning of “sex.””

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 585
That sentence, in plain words

Tell agencies to read the word sex as male or female only.

What this is about

Laws ban unfair treatment because of sex. The book says sex should mean only male or female. Agencies would enforce it that way.

What has happened
Closely matches

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

2025-01-20 · 90 FR 8615

The chapter asked that agencies enforce sex discrimination law on the biological binary meaning of sex. This order establishes that policy across the federal government. The chapter's request was framed around enforcement of discrimination law specifically; this order is broader.

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