The Biden Administration released new rules this month that require K-12 schools to redefine “sex” as “gender identity”, imposing a controversial ideology into every school in the country and threatening girls’ safety on sports fields and in locker rooms.
“Title IX” refers to part of a 1972 education law that prohibited discrimination based on sex in federally funded education. During the 20th century, the law became famous as colleges were forced to balance men’s and women’s sports funding. In the last decade, accommodations for transgender students have become the focal point of Title IX enforcement for zealous lawyers at the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
The new rules would criminalize separate spaces for biologically different children, forcing schools to allow teen boys into the girls’ locker room. While additional rulemaking is forthcoming specific to athletics, the changing of the definition of “sex” would seem to indicate a further eroding of clear definitions between male and female.
The new rules also compel speech on behalf of teachers, school employees, and students. “Misgendering” or “dead-naming” a trans-identifying student could result in disciplinary action for both students and teachers. In other words, everyone must conform to the desires of a transgender-identifying student.
The latest update to Title IX also does away with procedural protections for college students accused of sexual harassment, returning to the potentially biased procedures in use under the Obama Administration.
Several Attorneys General have already announced their intention to sue the Biden Administration and not enforce the re-written rules in their state.
