Title IX News
The Daily Signal provides reporting and commentary on how Title IX impacts schools, athletics, and cultural debates over gender and fairness.
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West Virginia Wins Day on Fairness in Women’s Sports but Plot Thickens on Title IX
The game’s afoot on the legal definition of “sex.” What was once a commonsense understanding of “sex” as meaning the biological distinctions between male and female has—under recent leftist claims that sex includes “gender identity”—become a flashpoint for the culture wars and clogged the federal courts. Parents, legislators, and educators across the country are navigating…Sarah Parshall Perry -
Biden Education Department Declines to Explain 160,000 ‘Missing’ Public Comments on Redefining ‘Sex’ in Title IX
As the clock ticks down on the public comment period for the Department of Education’s proposed rule change to Title IX, inconsistencies have emerged on the total number of comments already submitted. Politico reported Tuesday that the Regulations.gov website tracking the total number of publicly submitted comments had logged over 349,000 comments. But by Friday, three days…Douglas Blair -
Female Athletes ‘Clear Losers’ in Biden’s Title IX Rule Change, Protesters Argue
Protesters rallied in the nation’s capital Thursday to challenge the Biden administration’s proposed new rules for enforcing Title IX’s anti-discrimination provisions that would change the definition of “sex” to include “gender identity.” A legal advocacy group called Stop Abusive and Violent Environments organized the rally at the Eisenhower Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Congress…Gillian Richards -
Biden’s New Title IX Rule Guts Protections for Women and Girls. Here’s How to Fight It.
A few days after the momentous golden anniversary of Title IX—the federal civil rights law that prevents sex discrimination in any educational institution receiving government funding—the Biden administration has proposed a new rule to radically rewrite that law by, among other things, adding provisions for individuals claiming to be transgender and gutting the protections for…Sarah Parshall Perry -
By Inserting Gender Identity, Team Biden Muddies Title IX’s Protections for Girls, Women at School
On the 50th anniversary of Title IX protections for girls and women, the Biden administration proposed rule changes in enforcing the law that would have dramatic repercussions for publicly funded schools around the country. The Education Department released a 700-page document Thursday announcing the proposed changes to Title IX regulations. Perhaps most significantly, the changes…Jarrett Stepman -
Biden Administration Proposes Changing Title IX to Include Transgender Students
President Joe Biden’s Department of Education on Thursday unveiled proposed changes to Title IX, a landmark civil rights law intended to curb sex-based discrimination in federally-funded education, that would expand the law’s protections for transgender students. The proposed changes would expand protections against discrimination on the basis of sex under Title IX of the 1972 Education…Reagan Reese -
On 50th Anniversary of Title IX, Biden Seeks to Undo Protections for Women
It’s been 50 years since the U.S. government acted to ensure equal educational opportunities for girls and women through Title IX. Since put in place as education amendments in 1972, Title IX has prohibited sex-based discrimination in education programs, including competitive sports. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis…Virginia Allen -
Betsy DeVos: Biden Plans to Radically Change Title IX to Let Biological Men Play Women’s Sports
Betsy DeVos started fighting for education freedom long before arriving in Washington to serve as Cabinet secretary in President Donald Trump’s administration. But what’s happened in the past couple of years—prompted by COVID lockdowns and a parents’ rights movement—has accelerated the opportunity to give students more options and better schools. “Everything we did was focused…Rob Bluey -
What Biden’s Plans for Title IX Mean for Women, Girls
Feminists this year are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any educational program that’s federally funded, either directly or indirectly. But in an ironic twist, the Biden administration is eroding the landmark legislation by redefining sex to mean “gender identity.” The change, seemingly minor, will have major…Kelsey Bolar -
The ‘Prisoners’ Dilemma’ in Biden’s Title IX Policies
In economics, there’s a thought experiment called the “prisoners’ dilemma” that describes a scenario in which two rational people fail to reach a win-win outcome by cooperating. Neither person can trust the other to cooperate, and their distrust leads them to pick an outcome that’s bad for both. The classic example features two conspirators questioned…GianCarlo Canaparo -
Biden Administration Undermines Women’s Equality Under Title IX
Rather than uphold the hard-won protections for women under the almost half-century-old Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Biden administration continues to steamroll women’s equality and opportunity. Citing the Bostock v. Clayton County Supreme Court ruling, the Department of Education released a notice yesterday announcing it would interpret Title IX protections against discrimination…Jared Eckert -
Biden’s Executive Order on Gender Discrimination Has Muddied Waters on Title IX. Challenges Could Clear That Up.
A month ago on Jan. 20, a newly minted President Joe Biden—who had remarked on Twitter during his presidential campaign, “Let’s be clear: Transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time”—issued a lightning-fast executive order on the subject. Biden’s “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or…Sarah Parshall Perry -
The Fight to Save Title IX and Girls Sports
“That’s not fair!” It seems like we’re all born with the value of “fairness” running through our veins, as anyone who’s been around children of preschool age and older can attest. Fairness may be one of the few values left today that crosses all political, social, age, and racial demographics. It’s more of a human…Autumn Leva