Biden’s use of Title IX to make ‘sex’ mean ‘gender’ takes serious hit
The U.S. Department of Education has flip-flopped, and announced it now will enforce Title IX on the basis of its historic understanding, that “sex” actually means “sex,” that is male or female, and not some politically correct idea of “gender.”
And while that’s good, the fight actually isn’t all over.
Kristen Waggoner, head of the ADF, which has fought the White House campaign under both Barack Obama and Joe Biden to redefine English words to take on a political twist, said, “President Trump has spent his first days in office undoing some of the most harmful policies of his predecessor.
“Today, his Department of Education continued that good work by abandoning the Biden-era Title IX rule: an unlawful attempt to redefine ‘sex’ to include gender identity. As the basis for its action, the DOE cited a recent court ruling that struck down the rule in a case litigated by ADF and a coalition of states led by Tennessee.”
She said, “This restoration of Title IX is a victory for student safety, privacy, and free speech. But above all, it’s a win for women and girls—especially those who stood up to defend their sports and private spaces.”
Under Joe Biden’s ideology, boys should be allowed in girls locker rooms and showers and on girls sports teams. Likewise with men in women’s facilities.
His agenda was problematic in that it ignored the historical perspectives of male and female, set women up for abuse and injury, and blatantly violated religious rights protected by the Constitution.
It was the Department of Education that recently issued a “Dear Colleague” letter that now rejects Biden’s “unlawful attempt” to change the meaning of “sex” in the federal law, which was written to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics.
“Our client Adaleia is one of those courageous young women,” Waggoner explained. “When she was in 7th grade, school officials allowed a boy identifying as a girl to join the girls’ team and share the girls’ locker room. This male athlete subjected Adaleia to verbal abuse and sexual harassment. But she refused to stay silent. With ADF’s help, she told her story and joined a lawsuit defending Title IX—the same case that led to today’s victory.”
She said, “Now, the fight continues. ADF is currently representing female athletes in two cases defending Title IX’s original meaning from lawsuits by activist groups. We hope the Supreme Court will agree to take up this issue and fully restore the law to its proper foundation: biological reality.”
The letter went to K-12 schools and institutes of higher education.
Biden had simply rewritten the law to provide special protections for people with “gender identity” issues. His move was ruled unlawful by a federal court in Kentucky.
“The Biden Administration’s failed attempt to rewrite Title IX was an unlawful abuse of regulatory power and an egregious slight to women and girls,” acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said. “Under the Trump Administration, the Education Department will champion equal opportunity for all Americans, including women and girls, by protecting their right to safe and separate facilities and activities in schools, colleges, and universities.”
The federal agency said returning to the old precedent also eliminated a threat to campus free speech.
Trump, on his first day in office, ordered all departments in the executive branch to enforce “sex-protective laws to promote [the] reality” of two sexes, “male and female.”
The move in Washington also poured cold water on legal fights to promote transgenderism.
Biden had tried to impose punishments on schools that banned biological males from being on women’s sports teams before he left office, but failed.