Discuss whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects a transgender person from discrimination--is that type of discrimination "because of sex"?

1. What is the EEOC's position?
2. What does the Department of Justice say?
3. What have the courts decided? (see Smith v. City of Salem, Ohio, 378 F.3d 566, 575 (6th Cir. 2004) and Schroer v. Billington, 577 F.Supp.2d 293 (D.D.C. 2008).