According to the New York Times of 21 October 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to shorten the legal definition of “sex” in the Federal Civil Rights Laws. The paragraph “Title X” prohibits all forms of discrimination on the basis of sex in state-funded educational institutions. In a recently published draft by the Department of Health and Human Services, “sex” is to be defined in future as the dichotomous “female” or “male”, with these ascriptions being made on the basis of the sex characteristics present at birth, and shall be deemed unchangeable. In cases of ambiguity, genetic tests are supposed to be able to provide clarity. Catherine E. Lhamon, who headed the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights during the Obama administration, commented on the proposed sex definition, saying: “[This] quite simply negates the humanity of people”. The proposal ignores biological, sexual and medical facts; it is unethical and unscientific. Further information can be found under this link to the New York Times and under this link to an article from the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 11 November 2018.