Biden could permanently bench female athletes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Of particular concern, the 2022 proposal would also override state laws that designate sports categories on the basis of biological sex, not gender identity.
58% : (The Supreme Court ruled in that case that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 barred employment discrimination against homosexual or transgender employees; the ruling did not concern Title IX and did not interpret "sex" as used in Title VII to mean gender identity.)
57% : This change would affect any education program funded by the Department of Education -- public schools, charter schools, higher education, proprietary schools, recreation centers, and the like.
55% : The proposed text and the administration's current enforcement posture and litigation position on gender identity and schools prove otherwise.
55% : To start, the 2022 proposal adds a provision to "clarify" that Title IX's sex-based discrimination prohibition includes gender identity: "Discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity."
54% : Because the department's proposed rule expands "on the basis of sex" to include gender identity and thus bars discrimination in athletics on that basis, the administration would require schools to allow a biological male who identifies as a female to compete in women's and girls' athletics.
52% : But nothing in the 2022 proposal excepts athletics from the broad reach of the gender-identity language or the provision that policies and practices prohibiting students from participating in school activities in accordance with their gender identities would constitute more than de minimis harm, in violation of Title IX.Because the department's proposed rule expands "on the basis of sex" to include gender identity and thus bars discrimination in athletics on that basis, the administration would require schools to allow a biological male who identifies as a female to compete in women's and girls' athletics.

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