The Equality Act was passed in the House of Representatives today, February 25th and the Senate will vote on it early next week!
President Biden has also issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies to review their policies, regulations, and guidances within the next 100 days, (commencing 1/20/2021), to determine what revisions should be made to prevent sex discrimination.
As with the Equality Act, the EO does not treat “sex,” “sexual orientation,” and “gender identity,” as conceptually and analytically distinct categories. Instead, both the EA and the EO place all three in the category “sex.