The Trump administration is suing California regarding its policies that allow transgender athletes to compete according to their gender identity in K-12 sports. The U.S. Department of Justice filed the lawsuit, claiming the state's policy violates Title IX by discriminating against female student athletes. This suit follows California officials' refusal to comply with demands to rescind these inclusive policies. The Department of Education has also threatened to withdraw federal funding if California persists in this approach, reflecting a broader national debate regarding protections for transgender individuals in sports.
The suit argues that California's trans-inclusive policy, written into state law in 2013, "ignore[s] undeniable biological differences between boys and girls, in favor of an amorphous 'gender identity.'"
The state is committing "illegal sex discrimination against female student athletes," violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
Democratic presidential administrations have interpreted Title IX as banning anti-trans discrimination, while the Trump administration's interpretation is trans-exclusionary.
The U.S. Department of Education has threatened to withhold federal funding from California if it continues to allow trans athletes to compete under their gender identity.
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