Judge to block enforcement of administration's "don't say trans" school rule - LGBTQ Nation

"A federal judge has announced that she plans to file an injunction for 16 states and D.C. to block the administration's efforts to force the states to remove all references to trans and gender diverse identities from their sexual health education plans. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken invoked the language of segregation and the Brown v. Board of Education decision to highlight the true nature of the administration's efforts, saying that their demand for sex education "appears to be sort of a separate-but-equal" policy."

"The president has been threatening to withhold federal funding from public schools across the country if they don't change programs and curricula to align with his day 1 executive order, which sought to define trans people out of existence. That effort was empowered by his later order that claimed to target "radical" ideas in K-12 education, and called for schools to abide by the original order and, among other things, not to support social transition for trans kids."

"In an attempt to enforce their demands, in August, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent letters to 40 states and 6 territories, including D.C., demanding that they remove what they call "gender ideology" from PREP and Title V courses, claiming it violated the programs if they taught that "gender identity is distinct from biological sex or boys can identify as girls and vice versa.""

A federal judge intends to file an injunction to block an administration effort to force states to remove references to trans and gender-diverse identities from sexual health education. The judge invoked segregation language and Brown v. Board of Education, describing the demand as a "separate-but-equal" policy. The president has threatened to withhold federal funding to compel alignment with a day 1 executive order that sought to define trans people out of existence, reinforced by a later order targeting "radical" K-12 ideas and urging schools not to support social transition for trans kids. HHS sent letters to 40 states and six territories demanding removal of "gender ideology" from PREP and Title V courses, and a coalition of 16 states led by Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota filed suit against HHS calling the effort cruel, arbitrary, and illegal.

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