After decades of creating laws that assumed “sex” and “gender” were synonymous, lawmakers across the country are taking another look at how states define those terms. Scientific and legal ...

The five judges on the court stressed that their ruling was limited to interpreting the 2010 law as it pertains to women, and that "it is not the role of the court to adjudicate on the arguments in ...

Late last week, the Biden administration released its highly anticipated updated rules for the 1972 Title IX amendments to the Civil Rights Act, which protects people from sex-based discrimination in ...

Debra M Haak receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Bar Association Law for the Future Fund, and the Queen's University Faculty Association Fund for ...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, March 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- New York, March 21, 2024—The Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum ...

Opponents of Montana’s narrow definition of sex throughout state law say it’s easy to illustrate the problem with the new definitions outlined in Senate Bill 458, passed in 2023. In a new lawsuit ...

Alabama Rep. Neil Rafferty speaks in support of transgender rights during a rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery ...

The legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act relates to biological sex, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The landmark decision follows a long-running challenge brought by women's rights ...