A rally was recently held on the steps of the Supreme Court timed to coincide with oral arguments in RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes Inc v Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. At issue in the case is whether “discrimination on the basis of sex” in our civil rights laws means just that, or whether “sex” should be expanded by the court to mean “gender identity”.

All the speakers at the rally supported the position that sex does not mean gender, but there the unanimity ended. They were a wildly diverse group. One man said he regrets “transitioning” and is now painfully walking the process back. One girl said she was suing her high school for sacrificing her right to privacy in the locker room. Another speaker was a proud lesbian speaking out for self-acceptance of the female body.