Biden Administration’s Title IX New Gender Rule Blocked In Tennessee & 5 More States
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The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] –
The Biden administration’s Title IX new gender rule has been blocked in Tennessee and five more states as of Monday by a U.S. District Judge in Lexington, Kentucky.
District Judge Danny Reeves blocked the implementation of changes to Title IX meant to include gender identity along with 1972 education amendments that protect against discrimination based on one’s sex in schools and colleges. The new protections for LGBTQ+ students, meant to take effect at the start of the new school year on August 1st, were found by Reeves to be unlawful.
An executive order issued by President Joe Biden on March 8th, 2021, paved the way for the Department of Education (DOE) to amend Title IX to include gay and gender confused people. Finalized in April, 2024, the expansion of Title IX made changes in the definition of sex discrimination and sex-based harassment. These changes would make educators responsible for policing student speech and behavior beyond school campuses and onto the internet where students interact in an ever expanding world of social media.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with Republican state attorneys general from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia and a Christian educators association sued to block the rule changes that include new definitions for sex discrimination and harassment. If enforced, as promised by at least one Tennessee School Superintendent, schools would be required to allow males with gender dysphoria to compete in female sports along and allow them to use female locker rooms and bathrooms.
Reeves, appointed by former Republican president George W. Bush, said redefining sex to include gender identity would turn Title IX on its head. Intended to make education programs or activities receiving federal funds fair to both males and females, Title IX bars discrimination “on the basis of sex.”
First amendment rights of educators would also be threatened under the new changes as it would lead to compelled speech with regard to preferred pronouns of students confused about their gender. Educators of faith who refuse to pander to students could find themselves subject to lawsuits under the expansion of Title IX and schools could lose federal funding.
On Thursday, the rule was blocked by a federal judge in Louisiana on behalf of Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Montana. There are lawsuits by 16 other states still pending.
The DOE looks to a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision that holds that sex discrimination in the workplace covered in Title VII includes transgender and gay individuals, in their defense of the rule changes to Title IX. It is common for courts to consider interpretations of Title VII when looking at Title IX as both prohibit sex discrimination.
In his memorandum and opinion, Reeves affirmed that there are only two sexes and said that the DOE acted in a way that was “arbitrary and capricious” and exceeded their statutory authority in trying to make the new rules regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
A DOE spokesperson has said that Reeves’ ruling is being reviewed while standing by the rule changes.
About the Author: Paula Gomes is a Tennessee resident and reporter for The Tennessee Conservative. You can reach Paula at paula@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
Skirmetti and the DA’s from the other states that have sued to block Title IX have remained silent about individuals like Gabrielle Hanson who are the REAL predators instead of the LGBT children whom they attack. Evidently, Skirmetti and Company are okay with somebody who grooms young girls for heterosexual male-on-female prostitution but who get bent out of shape over trans-children who have never harmed anybody. The fact that Gabrielle Hanson even did time in prison for her crime does not seem to phase our so-called “Victims’ Rights” or so-called “Law-n-Order” Republicans. Even one of their fellow Southern Baptist ministers from TX who recently died at age 93 who molested several young men under his leadership does not upset Skirmetti and Company.
Stating that Skirmetti approves of unrelated incidents and has no problem with Pedo priests is the typical Libtard hyperbole we get when the sickos like Delzell don’t get their way.
Remember, the guy he’s voting for is an incestuous pedophile who abused his own daughter.
GOOD!!
Poster above accuses the DAs suing to block this new definition of Title 9 of attacking LGBT children. There is no basis for this accusation.
Contrariwise the 28 year old Nashville transgender school shooter from March of last year was once a child and she killed 6 people specifically because of her transgender mental delusion.
Allowing transgenders to compete against girls in sports and to have access to lockerooms and bathrooms has also harmed several people. There is the case in Virginia of two cases of sexual assault in girls’ public school bathrooms by a transgender student.
I applaud these District Attorneys for suing to block this attempt by the Biden Administration.
I wholeheartedly support whatever is necessary to stop this government promotion of mentally ill and perverse behavior.
Well said Earl!
Williamson County needs to get Golden out! He’s stated that he will still enforce Title IX.
Finally some common sense prevailed.
God made man and woman. If he wanted it different. He would have done so.