- The U.S. Department of Education has cancelled agreements with five school districts and a college that aimed to safeguard the rights and protections of transgender students.
- This decision means the department will no longer enforce pacts requiring schools to adhere to federal civil rights law concerning transgender students.
- The Biden and Obama administrations interpreted Title IX to encompass protections for transgender and gay students.
- The Trump administration, meanwhile, has penalized institutions accommodating transgender students, launched legal challenges, and initiated civil rights investigations into their policies.
- The administration has taken a hard line on trans rights, including calling for a ban on social transition without parental consent and issuing directives on recognising only two sexes and excluding transgender athletes from female sports categories.
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