When “gender identity” concerns arose, the federal government became preoccupied with granting “gender choice” in public spaces, which had, as expected, far-reaching consequences.

By not “discriminating” against a person who asserts their gender is inconsistent with their actual biology, the rights of other, less perplexed people vanished. This covered restrooms, locker rooms, public schools, and gender-segregated facilities, among others. in addition to being addressed like any American would address a stranger. The usage of a person’s preferred pronoun when addressing that person was supposed to be mandatory.

Linked to this discussion over such activities is the topic crucial to the United States’ constitutional system — states’ rights.

State laws exist to distinguish state-specific issues that are seen differently in each state. Several examples are traffic laws and gun ownership rights.

In 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued federal rules to protect LGBT persons from job discrimination, enabling them to use restrooms and pronouns that match to their gender identification.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was utilized as the existing legislation to require these adjustments for everyone and to protect LGBT persons from being compelled to use restrooms that did not match their own perception of themselves or be addressed by a pronoun they did not choose.

In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII extends to protect employees against sexual orientation and gender identity-based discrimination. Several LGBT individuals who lost their employment due to their sexual orientation and gender identity filed lawsuits. As one example, Gerald Bostick was fired for “conduct unbecoming a county employee” when he began playing in a homosexual recreational softball league. The case was regarded “landmark” since it clarified the employment rights of homosexuals.

Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on various Title VII and personal rights problems.

In 2021, Paxton filed a lawsuit against the vaccination mandate for business owners and the mask and vaccine mandate for Head Start employees. In 2022, Paxton once again filed a lawsuit against the Democratic federal government, this time targeting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over their use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act to oblige Texas hospitals to provide abortions.

The regulations were then expanded to encompass schools and children, giving LGBT more rights while removing the rights of others, and attaching funding to the mandate.

The Biden administration proposed modifications to Title IX in June 2022 that would protect students from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Institutions receiving federal money, such as schools, would be required to accommodate persons in all sex-segregated areas, including locker rooms, restrooms, and sports facilities.

More on this story via The Republic Brief:

And in July 2022, Paxton joined 22 other attorneys general in a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration’s new guidance on sex discrimination for schools and programs that receive federal nutritional assistance. The lawsuit named the United States Department of Agriculture as a defendant and wis filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee. The federal government was attempting to withhold nutritional food and funds for food from schools that did not comply with the mandate. CONTINUE READING…