New Health Care Rules Ignite Fight Over Sex Versus Gender

New Health Care Rules Ignite Fight Over Sex Versus Gender
Sarah McBride, National Press secretary of Human Rights Coalition speaks on introduction of the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ non-discrimination bill at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. on April 01, 2019. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
By Matthew Vadum, contributor
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A new lawsuit that LGBTQ and atheist groups filed against the Trump administration over the meaning of the word “sex”—as opposed to “gender”—highlights the turmoil beneath the surface in the nation’s ongoing culture wars.