In early March, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order requiring every city agency to ensure that its employees and members of the public are given access to single-sex facilities consistent with the gender with which they identify—regardless of the gender listed on their birth certificates or other identification documents. “Access to bathrooms and other single-sex facilities is a fundamental human right that should not be restricted or denied to anyone,” the mayor…

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