IX is for XX

New Title IX rules from the Biden administration now protect ‘gender identity’. This means that students can face discipline or embarrassment if they use pronouns or descriptions based on a person’s birth gender – especially if that person identifies differently. Moms for Liberty is fighting these changes with a lawsuit along with Kansas, Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, and the Young America Foundation. Moms for Liberty says these rules could stop students from expressing discomfort with someone of the opposite sex in their bathroom and could prevent parents from teaching their children about gender identity according to their own beliefs.

The Title IX Law reads:

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

Just thirty-seven words. Signed into law by President Richard Nixon in June 1972. Title IX is a variation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Instead of ‘race, color, or national origin’ they substituted the phrase for the word ‘sex.’ The women who helped draft the legislation were looking for a level playing field in academics. Over the last 50 years, it has morphed into more opportunities for (biological) women on and off the sports field.

Title IX regulates every public school, college, and university prohibiting discrimination ‘based on sex.’  On July 12^th, 2022, the Department of Education decided to rewrite the regulations that implement Title IX to expand the scope to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Fast forward to 2024 and the word “sex” is about to destroy the progress made over the last 50-plus years. In the name of progress, of course.

This change to the regulations will have devastating consequences on parental rights. The new regulations would normalize gender confusion harming the children’s health by requiring schools to support transitioning children without requiring notice to parents. These rules will increase calls to child protective services for parents who uphold biological reality.

This change will have devastating consequences on First Amendment rights as school districts will be forced to adopt clown world policies and play make-believe. Heck, some schools are already enforcing the change and the law has NOT been passed. If it passes, it will restrict students and teachers from speaking freely and treating others in a biologically accurate manner based on reality.

After the US Department of Education put the change on hold in May 2023, and again in October 2023, it has finally moved forward, and the rules are set to be rolled out in August 2024. Why are school districts making changes as if it were already the law? Know your rights, know the law, and push back. Just because they say it is, doesn’t make it so.

With this change to Title IX, forget about girls’ privacy and safety as the schools would be required to open their bathrooms and locker rooms to students according to their gender identity. Girls/women will be forced to surrender their right to privacy and be placed at an increased risk for assault by males claiming to be females.

Say goodbye to sports opportunities which include sports scholarships. Girls/women will be forced to compete for scholarships and athletic opportunities against biological males claiming they feel like a woman.

This change will create a new regulation based on “sex discrimination” defined as sexual orientation and gender identity. The new regulations would make biological reality a form of sex-based harassment. Schools would be mandated to promote gender identity ideology and everyone else will be forced to suck it up and pretend it’s normal.

As if that’s not bad enough, the change in regulations would turn the school official known as the Title IX Coordinator, into a federal law enforcement official. This means the new regulations would give the Title IX coordinator new authority to enforce the new mandates. Do you know your school district Title IX coordinator? Would he/she contact Child Protective Services because the parent refuses to play make-believe?

You may be wondering how or why the school districts would comply before the legal challenges work their way through the courts. School districts are being threatened that if they don’t comply, their free/reduced lunch program will be defunded. In other words, the federal government is willing to starve the children if the school district doesn’t comply with the changes.

The potential implications of these changes are concerning. This change takes away parents’ basic rights to guide their child’s upbringing. Parents should always be kept informed, especially about things that affect their child’s well-being and education. Parents must be fully included in decisions about their children’s schooling. Any policy changes must be clear, respect parents’ rights, and benefit ALL students.

For more information, go to https://www.momsforliberty.org/title9/ to learn more about how you can help protect women.

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