This is what is riding on the Supreme Court’s decision on sex discrimination
Cultural changes over 50 years have changed the way we interpret the word “sex.”
For almost 50 years, virtually every court to address the issue, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the federal government in litigation before the courts, all took the position that the protection against discrimination “because of . . . sex” in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act did not cover sexual orientation or gender identity.