More than 20 legal and advocacy groups, and former education officials have sent a letter (pdf) to the Biden administration’s Department of Education (DOE) requesting that the Department quash its plan to allow males to compete in women’s sports and use women’s locker rooms.
The DOE proposed regulations in 2022 to amend Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to include “gender identity” in the definition of sex discrimination.
The agency is expected to unveil further rules this spring that will expressly cover how Title IX applies to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.
The group of lawyers, subject-matter experts, parents, civil rights organizations, and former education officials claimed in their Feb. 21 letter that the Biden administration’s additional anticipated regulations will “unfairly” penalize female athletes. The groups signed onto a letter written by the Defense of Freedom Institute, addressed to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona….