Heritage: 11 Myths About the Transgender 'Equality Act'

The Equality Act politicizes medicine and education and demolishes existing civil rights and constitutional freedoms.

Fact: The Equality Act guts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and threatens constitutional freedoms by eliminating conscience protections from the Civil Rights Act.

Myth 3: The Equality Act Does Not Expand the Scope of Federal Civil Rights Law.

Fact: By expanding the definition of “public accommodations” under Title II of the Civil Rights Act to include “any establishment that provides a good, service, or program, including a store, shopping center, online retailer or service provider, salon, bank, gas station, food bank, service or care center, shelter, travel agency, or funeral parlor, or establishment that provides health care, accounting, or legal services,” many more individuals and establishments would, in fact, become liable for discrimination claims, including doctors who do not want to perform abortions ….

Fact: The Equality Act’s changes to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act do not uphold Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act.

The Equality Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity rules to Title III of the Civil Rights Act on “public facilities” as well as to public accommodations (Title II) and federal funding (Title VI)

Fact: By adding sexual orientation and gender-identity rules to the Civil Rights Act’s Title IV on “desegregation of public education,” the Equality Act could pave the way for K–12 federal courts to require sexual orientation and gender-identity curricula the same way they required black history curricula …

Fact: The Equality Act’s politicization of medicine and education through gender ideology will undermine parental rights

Clayton County, Georgia, Requires the Equality Act’s Changes to Civil Rights Law

The Equality Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity to all of them