U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction Thursday to the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules, which changed the definition of sex to include “gender identity,” which many critics argue will result in the shuttering of sex-specific spaces such as restrooms in schools.
The judge said the phrase “gender discrimination” was limited to biological males and females when Title IX was enacted and that the expansive changes to the definition of sex sought by the Biden administration were inadmissible, writing the law “was written and intended to protect biological women from discrimination.”, which expanded the definition of sex discrimination to include claims of transgender identity in Title VII employment law, does not apply to Title IX.
On top of the sea of lawsuits trying to stop the Title IX rewrite before it goes into effect Aug. 1, at least five states have said they will refuse to comply with the new rules, with some state superintendents telling local school districts not to make any changes using the new rule.