The Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations, released last week, avoided using the term “transgender”. However, people already perceive the regulations, which go into effect on August 1, as protecting transgenderism, especially when it comes to granting specialized pronouns to LGBTQ and transgender students upon request.
Throughout the paper, the word “gender identity” refers to specific behaviors that, according to the new regulations, all publicly financed schools, not just universities, must follow in order to avoid legal action and/or losing federal money.
The new regulations, which went into effect last week, prohibit schools from separating students on the basis of their sex and define sex discrimination as prejudice based on both gender identity and sexual preferences. Although some have already interpreted the phrasing to suggest that boys should have access to girls’ restrooms and changing areas, the guidelines do not explicitly mention this.
During a press conference with activists, Miguel Cardona, the secretary of education, asserted that administrators would be required to use the preferred pronouns that students had requested.
According to the LGBTQ-focused Advocate website, Cardona stated, “These regulations make it abundantly clear that no one should have to relinquish their educational objectives due to discrimination, whether it is based on pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other sex-related concerns.”
The assistant secretary for civil rights, Catherine Lhamon, further stated that the regulations represent a complete revision, “meaning full protection under Title IX,” rather than merely an update.
The purpose of the regulations is to safeguard LGBTQ youth, a second caller said.
The official stated, “The new rule explicitly states that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under Title IX.”
And in the event that an investigation reveals that a student is the victim of a hostile environment that satisfies the requirements of the new regulations, as well as harassment based on gender identity, we will be able to identify the infraction and make sure the school complies with Title IX.
The officials also addressed the use of “pronouns” specifically.
An official stated, “We would investigate that question by determining whether a student is facing a hostile environment based on sexual orientation.”
Additionally, the official said:
“We would evaluate whether the school had taken sufficient steps to remedy that hostile environment if the facts meet those standards, which are if, under the totality of the circumstances, sex-based conduct that is both subjectively and objectively offensive to a student and to a person in the school community rises to the level that it limits or denies access to education.”
It is obvious that the Biden representatives are indicating that using pronouns incorrectly may result in safeguards based on a “sex based hostile environment.”
There was also a question pertaining to transgender athletes, asking Lhamon if the new regulations extended to athletics. She declined to respond to the question, but the rules make 31 references to athletics, which, when combined with the references to “gender identity,” is more than enough to include transgender athletes, whether or not it is specifically stated:
Critics counter that requiring people to accept “gender identity” violates the First Amendment and that the Biden administration is blatantly disregarding these issues.
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