The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Schools now must go back to the Title IX code as held under the previous Trump administration in 2020, which the department says will protect women’s sports.
“Thanks to today’s action, the published Title IX regulations faithfully reflect court orders and Congressional intent — reducing confusion for parents, students, and educational institutions. We will continue to relentlessly champion equal opportunity for all Americans and hold accountable any school or college that violates the rights, privacy, or athletic opportunities of our women and girls,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said.
The Biden-era Title IX rule was already struck down in the court system after challenges from Republican states.
And the administration has pursued its own definition since President Trump returned to office, making deals with schools such as the University of Pennsylvania to take transgender athletes out of their women’s programs.
Opponents of the move say it will harm transgender athletes and weaken protections for sexual assault victims.
“Sexual harassment and assault continue to be pervasive in schools and, to the fullest extent possible, we should be working to enforce the laws that protect student survivors of sexual violence. Yet, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the Trump administration have decided to ignore what survivors need, instead weaponizing Title IX to attack trans students,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center.
I thought we got rid of the Department of Education? Am I misremembering that?
I can’t get over being proud to pick on suicidal kids. When did that become socially acceptable?
What the fuck is this obsession with bathrooms and women’s sports? Fix fucking healthcare. Let’s start there.
A large part of the conservative mentality is having an “other” group to focus their ire on. Conservatives all want to feel like they’re part of the in-crowd. But the existence of an in-crowd requires the existence of an out-crowd. And when one isn’t readily available, conservatism will invent one to be able to maintain their identity. The entirety of conservative history has been moving from one out-crowd to another, to keep their members satisfied.
When people say conservatives are selfish, this is largely what they’re referring to. The “fuck you, I got mine” mentality is largely because they feel like allowing too many people into the in-crowd will remove the existence of an out-crowd. And the lack of an out-crowd is an existential threat to conservatism. So they’ll continually work to create a new out-crowd whenever the current one begins to dwindle. It’s the old “first they came for the communists” poem.
Because its cheap and they don’t need to do anything other than yapping
Once you convince everybody to scapegoat one group, scapegoating the next group becomes much easier.
If they’re not raping kids, they’re getting them killed.
Thank god the 5 transgender sports-playing school girls in the country can no longer pursue their interests! Can we get universal healthcare now?
God if only Republicans liked kids instead of liking kids.
They figure if the can’t fuck them one way, they’ll fuck them another.
Fuck fascism. Not kids.
I bet religious schools are jumping with joy.
