Dept of Education labels June as 'Title IX Month' in wake of trans athletes winning girls' competitions

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The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced connected Monday that it is recognizing June arsenic "Title IX Month."

The announcement came successful grant of the 53rd day of Title IX of the Educational Amendments (1972) being signed into law. The authoritative day is June 23.

"June volition present beryllium dedicated to commemorating women and celebrating their conflict for, and accomplishment of, adjacent acquisition opportunity," the DOE said successful a release. "Throughout the month, the Department volition item actions taken to reverse the Biden Administration’s bequest of undermining Title IX and denote further actions to support women successful enactment with the existent intent of Title IX."

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"By prohibiting sex-based favoritism successful federally funded programs, #TitleIX opened countless diversion & world opportunities for women & girls crossed the country. This month, we observe Title IX’s 53rd day & volition instrumentality much enactment to support women’s hard-earned rights," the DOE added in an X post.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said successful a connection of her own, "The Department is recognizing June arsenic ‘Title IX Month’ to grant women’s hard-earned civilian rights and show the Trump Administration’s unwavering committedness to restoring them to the fullest grade of the law.

"Title IX provides women protections connected the ground of enactment successful each acquisition activities, which see their rights to adjacent accidental successful sports and sex-segregated intimate spaces, including sororities and surviving accommodations," she continued. "This Administration volition combat connected each beforehand to support women’s and girls’ sports, intimate spaces, dormitories and surviving quarters, and fraternal and panhellenic organizations."

The determination comes days aft trans athletes successful antithetic states precocious dominated their competition.

In Minnesota, a softball pitcher, calved a male, led Champlin Park High School to the authorities tourney with the assistance of a shutout successful the conception last connected Thursday.

Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks astatine an Our Bodies, Our Sports rally to people the 50th day of Title IX astatine Freedom Plaza connected June 23, 2022, successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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On Saturday, conscionable days aft President Donald Trump sent a informing to California astir letting a antheral vie successful girls' way and field, the authorities allowed a trans athlete, AB Hernandez, to instrumentality 2 authorities titles against pistillate competitors.

In different way conscionable connected Saturday, this 1 successful Oregon, 2 precocious schoolhouse seniors, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, stepped down from their respective spots connected the podium adjacent to a trans jock who represented Ida B. Wells High School.

In Washington, transgender rival Veronica Garcia won the 400-meter authorities title for the 2nd consecutive season.

With the announcement came "Title IX Month initiatives," 1 of which is an probe into the University of Wyoming and Jefferson County Public Schools successful Colorado for "allegedly allowing males to articulation and unrecorded successful female-only intimate and communal spaces," the DOE said.