"When faced with the same threats - to lose millions in federal funding unless they betray their transgender students and teachers - these communities have refused to back down. First it was Virginia, then Denver and Chicago. Now, New York City Public Schools, the largest public school system in the country, has joined them, declaring it will not comply with the Trump administration's demands."
"On September 16, Trump's Department of Education sent a letter to New York City Public Schools outlining six demands that explicitly targeted trans and queer students. Among them: banning recognition of transgender students' gender identities, barring them from bathrooms and sports, and mandating discriminatory treatment in overnight accommodations. The letter threatened to withhold $47 million in federal grant funding if the city did not comply by the end of the month."
Elite universities and hospitals have complied with federal demands to restrict transgender access to bathrooms, sports, and recognition by yielding to funding threats. Local school boards have emerged as sites of resistance, refusing to abandon transgender students and staff despite threats to lose federal funds. New York City Public Schools received a Department of Education letter demanding six measures that targeted trans and queer students, including bans on gender recognition, bathroom and sports access, and discriminatory overnight accommodations. The federal letter threatened $47 million in grant funding; New York City refused and filed a lawsuit challenging the withholding.
Read at Truthout
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]