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Sex matters. In our society, it is a distinction with a difference one that affects our use of bathrooms, locker rooms, health care facilities, shelters, dormitories, sports teams, dress codes, prisons, marriage, and identification documents. Should transgender rights advocates focus their short and long-term efforts at diminishing the number of contexts in which sex is a relevant consideration? If so, what are those contexts? What factors should drive the decision to challenge the legal relevance of sex? What legal arguments should -- and shouldn't -- we advance or avoid?