Biden’s proposed Title XI changes will help fight Republican transgender sports bans

Miguel Cardona
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The Biden Administration has proposed changes to the legal interpretation of Title IX which would help prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Conservative attorneys general have already promised to fight the proposed changes in court.

While the changes don’t explicitly prohibit policies that ban transgender people from sports teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms, progressive groups have still hailed the proposed changes as a step in the right direction. The Department of Education said it will release a separate notice of proposed rulemaking to address those issues soon.

Related: A gay college soccer player filed a Title IX complaint when a fan called him a ‘fa***t’

On Thursday, Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced the proposals while marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the 1972 education law that prohibits sex discrimination in any federally funded schools.

The proposed changes mostly offer…

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