WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act. Across the country, including in Indiana, employees have been wrongfully fired, penalized, and discriminated against in the workplace for dissenting from radical gender ideology. This legislation works to restore common sense in the workplace by protecting those who express the truth about biological sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “This bill is about protecting common sense. Americans shouldn’t fear losing their jobs simply for acknowledging the basic reality of biological sex.”
Key Provisions of the Restoring the Biological Truth to the Workplace Act are:
- Clarifies that Title VII protects employees who express the binary nature of sex, whether inside the workplace or outside of it.
- Clarifies that Title VII protects the right of employees to use single-sex bathrooms and changing areas in the workplace.
- Establishes penalties for employers that retaliate against any employee who speaks out against discrimination based on the rights above.
- Bars employers from using pretexts to violate these rights.
Full bill text can be found here.
Read more about the Restoring the Biological Truth to the Workplace Act here.
Background:
This legislation builds off of President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, which directs the government to protect the “freedom to express the binary nature of sex and the right to single-sex spaces in the workplace.”
In 2018, Indiana music teacher John Kluge was forced to resign from Brownsburg High School after refusing to use students’ preferred pronouns.