"The Education Department said Wednesday that San José State University's decision to allow a transgender woman to compete on the women's volleyball team violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. San José State was at the center of a national controversy in 2024 when students on the volleyball team and competing teams objected to the presence of Blaire Fleming, a trans woman who had played for the Spartans since 2022. Fleming's teammates sued and other teams forfeited games in protest of Fleming."
"To resolve the investigation, ED demanded that SJSU issue a public statement that in part acknowledges "that the sex of a human-male or female- is unchangeable" and send a personalized apology to every cisgender woman who played on SJSU's women's indoor volleyball team from 2022 to 2024 and to those who forfeited. The apology note should express "sincere regret for placing female athletes in that position," according to the department's news release."
The Education Department concluded that San José State University's decision to allow a transgender woman to compete on the women's volleyball team violated Title IX. The matter involved Blaire Fleming, a trans woman who had played for the Spartans since 2022 while teammates sued and other teams forfeited games in protest. ED's Office for Civil Rights said SJSU failed to promptly investigate complaints and took actions that discouraged women from participating in the Title IX process. The investigation followed presidential executive orders declaring sex unchangeable and banning transgender women from women's sports at federally funded schools, and prompted NCAA policy revisions. ED required a public acknowledgement and personalized apologies to affected cisgender players.
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