Define sex as biological across federal agencies

Project 2025 calls for a biological-sex interpretation of Title IX across departments. Executive Order 14168 established sex definitions for executive-branch policy and directed agencies to rescind conflicting guidance.

Project 2025 said

The next Administration should abandon this change redefining “sex” to mean “sexual orientation and gender identity” in Title IX immediately across all departments.

Chapter: 11 · Department of Education
Author: Lindsey M. Burke
Department: Federal departments administering Title IX
Printed page: 334
PDF page: 366
Last verified: August 16, 2026

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Government did

Match: Strong Alignment

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

The order established sex definitions for executive-branch policy and directed agencies to rescind or revise conflicting guidance.

Action type: Executive Order
Identifier: Executive Order 14168
Current status: Partially Implemented
In effect: Partly
Last verified: August 16, 2026

Why this match

Executive Order 14168 strongly aligns with a biological-sex interpretation across executive policy, while the exact Project 2025 passage is specifically about Title IX.

How this can change

Reversibility: Moderate

Presidential Rescission

A future President may rescind the order; agencies may revise guidance and rules; Congress and courts determine statutory meaning in specific contexts.

Authority: Congress · President · Agency · Courts · States

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Project 2025 text

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative PromiseThe Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 Text · p. 334

Government action

Executive Order 14168 — Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal GovernmentFederal Register · Government Action