These changes are needed to protect trans youth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/23/title-ix-biden-trans-sexual-assault-college/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
The proposal would also amend the rules that govern how educational institutions investigate and resolve claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment. Over concerns that people were being wrongfully punished, President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, revised the rules to make them more accommodating to the accused. Critics assailed the changes, saying they would discourage sexual assault survivors from coming forward to report assaults or harassment.
“Our goal is to give full effect to the law’s reach and to deliver on its promise to protect all students from sex-based harassment and discrimination,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said. “Every student deserves to learn free from discrimination and harassment, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.”......
Now the Biden administration wants to use it to cement protections for transgender students. If the proposal is realized, it would compel schools to accommodate transgender students by allowing them to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, ban bullying based on their gender identity and ensure they are addressed by their correct pronouns. Schools that do not rectify the problem are subject to investigations and risk losing their federal funding.
The moves come as conservatives across the country fight to exclude transgender students from sports, outlaw gender-affirming medical treatments and purge libraries of books with LGBTQ characters. As of March, state legislators had filed more than 200 bills seeking to erode the rights of transgender students or restrict discussion about LGTBQ issues in classes.
Conservatives reject this interpretation, saying discrimination against transgender students is not a violation of Title IX and have argued in lawsuits that certain accommodations — like permitting transgender students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity — violate the privacy of their cisgender classmates.
Texas and other states are targeting trans youths, their parents and medical professionals for providing needed gender affirming treatment to trans youth. These new regulations when adopted will help protect these youths.
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