– “Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity,” according to the website.The scientists cited several reasons for opposing changes that they said would conflate biological sex with gender identity and require the legal protection of the latter.
First, it would threaten the academic freedom of those who oppose treating “gender identity” as equivalent to or part of biological sex. It would also threaten the freedom of religion of those who believe in religious texts such as Genesis 5:2 in the Bible. which uphold a sex binary at odds with “nonbinary” gender identities to be protected under proposed law.
Additionally, the proposed guidelines “suggest that Title IX would now enforce participation in activities based on claimed gender identity,” which would allow male athletes with gender dysphoria to compete against women and enter women’s spaces, such as locker rooms. “This directly contradicts the purpose of Title IX,” they stated, and would end sex-based protections for females.