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 university subject to North Carolina’s “bathroom bill.” But and  are distinguishable. Their construction of the meanings of and relationship between the terms “sex” and “gender” are out of step with the Equal Protection analysis in (an Eleventh Circuit decision), the weight of other decisions which have construed those terms in this context, and with the medical community whose opinions were admitted in this case. According to, “[a] person is defined as transgender precisely because of the perception that his or her behavior transgresses gender stereotypes. The very acts that define transgender people as transgender are those that contradict stereotypes of gender-appropriate appearance and behavior.” 663 F.3d at 1316 (quotation and citations omitted). Thus, “discrimination against a transgender individual because of her gender-nonconformity is sex discrimination, whether it’s described as being on the basis of sex or gender.” at 1317.