Title IX of the Civil Rights Act prohibits taxpayer-funded schools from discriminating on the basis of sex when it comes to (among other things) admissions and employment. The government, and increasingly the courts, interpret sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (both of which are forms of impermissible sex stereotyping). Yet over the last few weeks, we've learned that applications for exemptions from Title IX have proliferated, and that the Obama administration has granted exemptions prolifically—and largely in secret.