 More recently, the Equality Act, expanding the non-discrimination protections to include housing, education, and other areas, was introduced in 2015 and similarly introduced each term, failing to pass due to partisan politics.The EEOC has used past case law and its evaluation of discrimination cases brought before it to establish that LBGT discrimination is unlawful under the context of the Civil Rights Act.In 2012, the EEOC ruled in "Macy v. Holder" that discrimination on the basis of gender identity is a form of sex stereotyping, and thus prohibited in employment as a form of discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.