The Edutn Department on Wednday issued guidance that Tle IX prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, a reversal of the Tmp admistratn’s stance that gay and transgenr stunts are not protected by the law.
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PROTECTG THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE
* title 9 gay rights *
The Edutn Department on Wednday issued guidance that Tle IX prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, a reversal of the Tmp admistratn’s stance that gay and transgenr stunts are not protected by the law.
Protectg the Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) People * title 9 gay rights *
The partment ced s cisn the Supreme Court’s lg jt a year ago that feral civil rights law protects transgenr, gay and lbian workers – a lg the Bin admistratn has been g durg s early months to extend anti-discrimatn protectns to LGBTQ Amerins a number of different areas of life.
Office of Civil Rights OCR for US Dept of Ed released new Notice of Interpretatn clarifyg that Tle IX prohibs discrimatn agast gay and transgenr stunts stutns that accept feral fundg, follows US Supreme Court le Bostock v. Clayton County. * title 9 gay rights *
Edutn Department on Wednday expand s terpretatn of feral sex protectns to clu transgenr and gay stunts, a move that revers Tmp-era policy and stands agast proposals many stat to bar transgenr girls om school sports. The cisn is based on last year’s landmark Supreme Court lg protectg gay, lbian and transgenr people om discrimatn employment, acrdg to agency officials. In announcg the shift, Edutn Secretary Miguel Cardona said gay, lbian and transgenr stunts “have the same rights and serve the same protectns” as workers.
The policy is not likely to brg immediate, sweepg change but rri the possibily of feral sanctns agast schools and lleg that fail to protect gay and transgenr stunts.