Nonilex ,
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Court blocks enforcement of rules protecting transgender students

A federal court temporarily blocked the Dept from enforcing new aimed at protecting in , finding that opponents who sued to stop it are likely to prevail when the case is fully considered.
Title IX, a half-century old bars in schools based on .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/06/14/transgender-titleix-schools-federal-court/

Huntn00 ,
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@Nonilex
“Title IX, a half-century old bars in schools based on .”
My guess is this judge does not believe that sexual identity qualifies transgender as a legitimate sexual orientation. Based on my experience in my family, he’s made a bad call. 😞

PJ_Evans ,
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@Nonilex
That's a bad decision.

Nonilex OP ,
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The rules represent the admin interpretation of & are set to take effect Aug 1, & impact every K-12 , & in the country that accepts ANY type of . The states that based on includes discrimination based on & , & would require schools to allow use bathrooms & locker rooms that align w/their identity & to use students’ preferred .

Nonilex OP ,
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It was challenged in federal court by four states — , , & . The preliminary applies in only those 4 states, though similar challenges are pending in other states. Thur’s order was the 1st ruling in any of the cases.

The injunction was issued by US District Judge Terry A. Doughty, chief of the Western Dist of LA, who wrote that protecting “biological males” as if they were female subverts the purpose of .

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Doughty said the regulation was an “abuse of power” on by the admin.
was enacted for the protection of the of biological females. However, the Final Rule may likely cause biological females more discrimination than they had before Title IX was enacted,” he wrote. “[B]y allowing biological men who identify as a female into locker rooms, showers, & bathrooms, biological females risk invasion of privacy, embarrassment, & sexual assault.” [ignorance]

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JoeStewart ,
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@Nonilex
It’s hard for me to comprehend how an allegedly educated judge believes that transgender people are more likely to attack women in bathrooms and locker rooms than biological women.

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