Protectg the Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) People |

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• PROTECTG THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE

PROTECTG THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE

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. 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. 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.

The new actn do not restate the Obama-era policy but stead clarifi that the Edutn Department’s Office for Civil Rights will vtigate plats of discrimatn volvg gay or transgenr stunts. Acrdg to the Youth Risk Behavr Survey, a natnal survey of high school stunts, lbian and bisexual women and gay and bisexual men experienced higher rat of sexual asslt than their straight unterparts. In addn, a 2015 study by the Associatn of Amerin Universi found that 60 percent of gay and lbian stunts and nearly 70 percent of bisexual stunts report beg sexually harassed on Department of Edutn also led that a Connecticut policy allowg transgenr athlet to pete sports that align wh their genr inty was a vlatn of Tle IX – the first public cince of the Department claimg that transgenr cln vlat Tle IX.

It also prohibs discrimatn based on genr inty and sexual orientatn, which is important for stunts who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT). Clayton County, which held that employe nnot be discrimated agast workplac bee they are gay or transgenr, to gui s approach to LGBTQ rights tn settgs. LGBTQ Youth Rourc | Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health | CDC: Fd rourc om the CDC, other ernment agenci, and muny anizatns for LGBT Youth, their iends, tors, parents, and fay members to support posive environments.

The Indian Health Service (IHS) works to ensure that Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Qutng and Two-Spir (LGBTQ-2S) Amerin Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) dividuals and their fai receive equal accs to health servic the muni where they live. Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World (Febary 4, 2021).

Department of Edutn released a new Notice of Interpretatn clarifyg the Department’s posn that Tle IX prohibs discrimatn agast gay and transgenr stunts. The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, & queer people belong everywhere and n live openly and thentilly whout discrimatn, harassment, or vlence. The ACLU Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Project seeks to create a jt society for all LGBTQ people regardls of race or e.