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The Biden-Harris administration's new Title IX rule promised to protect LGBTQ+ students from sexual violence, but conservative states are blocking its implementation and leaving many queer assault survivors unprotected.
With the ruling, LGBTQ+ students are at risk of discrimination at school in the majority of states.
The Biden administration wants to fight this discrimination using the federal law known as Title IX, but Republican-dominated states are trying to stop the move.
The court refused to let the Biden administration enforce the rule, which includes protections for transgender students, in 10 states that have sued over it.
Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia must enforce rules protecting queer students set by the Biden administration, according to a judge.
The judge said the lawsuit challenging the new rule was likely to win at trial.
On Title IX Day, don't forget about the trans students Betsy DeVos is taking aim at.
Judge Reed O’Connor stepped in to block the U.S. Department of Education from protecting LGBTQ+ kids from discrimination in public schools, at least in Texas.
The Biden administration's directive "is not fairness, it is fiat," says Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver.
The Department of Education says sex discrimination includes anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. More than 20 Republican attorney generals disagree.
The updated rules enhance protections against discrimination based on sex, including for LGBTQ+ students, but leave the issue of transgender athletes’ participation in sports for further review.
This historic Title IX ruling will allow lesbian basketball players to sue Pepperdine University for discrimination.
Mississippi’s new law stands in contrast to the expanded federal rules against discrimination under Title IX.
The Department of Education withdrew a rule applying Title IX to require institutions to allow athletes to compete on athletic teams consistent with their gender identity.
The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Title IX does indeed protect the rights of transgender students to use the facilities that correspond with their gender identity.
Judge Terry A. Doughty said the rule goes against the original purpose of Title IX by protecting trans students, so he blocked its enforcement in Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho, and Montana.
The preliminary injunction affects Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The judge found the regulation "fatally" flawed.
The new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students in schools accepting federal funds took effect in the rest of the country on Thursday.
While saying she couldn’t speak about active litigation, the White House press secretary pushed back against the question that claimed ‘biological men’ are in women’s sports.
The bill would deny trans women and girls the opportunity to compete in sports that align with their gender identity.
