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The reported push to define sex in the federal government as a fixed biological category kept drawing sharp backlash on October 26, with critics warning that the move was an ideological attack dressed up as bureaucracy. Even before any formal rollout, the administration had managed to create a fresh civil-rights firestorm.
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The reported push to define sex in the federal government as a fixed biological category kept drawing sharp backlash on October 26, with critics warning that the move was an ideological attack dressed up as bureaucracy. Even before any formal rollout, the administration had managed to create a fresh civil-rights firestorm.
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The reported push to define sex in the federal government as a fixed biological category kept drawing sharp backlash on October 26, with critics warning that the move was an ideological attack dressed up as bureaucracy. Even before any formal rollout, the administration had managed to create a fresh civil-rights firestorm.
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