Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming Enact Laws Defining Male and Female
Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming recently passed laws aligning with recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump defining sex as binary and immutable. Quick Hits Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming lawmakers recently enacted state laws recognizing only two genders, male and female. The state legislators acted after President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing that the federal government’s new policy is to recognize only two sexes, male and female, despite contravening federal law. The three states restrict transgender and nonbinary individuals from using public school bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming joined Iowa and other states in passing state laws redefining gender as binary (e.g., male and female only) and immutable, thus attempting to reject governing Supreme Court of the United States case law recognizing gender identity as a protected characteristic under Title VII of t...