Following an executive order from President Joe Biden directing federal agencies to defend LGBTQ students against discrimination, the Education Department has issued an official statement saying that Title IX does indeed ensure equal protection for LGBTQ students under federal law.
Jo Yurcaba of NBC News reported that the Department of Education has announced it “will interpret Title IX, a federal law that protects students from sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools, to [also] protect LGBTQ students from discrimination.”
According to Yurcaba, the policy change is a direct reversal of a Trump administration policy “rolling back Obama-era guidance that directed schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms, changing rooms and other school facilities that aligned with their gender identity.”
