On Monday, a federal district judge in Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration's changes to Title IX in six states. The change would expand protection under Title IX to LGBTQ+ students.

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On Monday, a federal district judge in Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration's changes to Title IX in six states. The change would expand protection under Title IX to LGBTQ+ students, particularly transgender ones.

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A federal district judge in Kentucky granted on Monday a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration's changes to Title IX, which would expand protections to LGBTQ+ students, in six additional states.

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Title IX is a 1972 civil rights law that bars sex discrimination in education. Kentucky judge Danny C. Reeves called the expansion of sex discrimination to encompass LGBTQ+ students "arbitrary in the truest sense of the word" in his ruling.

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Enforcement is now blocked in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, with an earlier rulings blocking it in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Texas.

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Enforcement is now blocked in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, with an earlier ruling blocking it in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi and Montana. 20 GOP-governed states are challenging the change to Title IX.

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This comes as Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves said in his ruling that the change in the 1972 federal civil rights law barring sex-based discrimination in education and athletics to encompass LGBTQ+ students was "arbitrary and capricious."

Reeves wrote that the change redefines "‘sex’ to include ‘gender identity’,” and that it would conflict with the text of Title IX by permitting "biological men into women’s intimate spaces, and women into men’s," causing harm to both sexes.

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He further wrote that the new rules redefining sex-based protections to include gender identity would conflict with Title IX and "the broader guarantee of education protection for all students" by mandating schools to permit "biological men into women's intimate spaces, and women into men's."

He further wrote that new rules redefining sex-based protections to include gender identity would conflict with Title IX and "the broader guarantee of education protection for all students" by mandating schools to permit "biological men into women's intimate spaces, and women into men's."

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Opponents have argued that the redefinition would  violate the rights of women and girls by allowing those who identify as female to access women's spaces. Reeves wrote that sex-separate facilities and programs are integral to Title IX.

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The Alliance Defending Freedom filed the case, State of Tennessee [et al.] v. Cardona, on behalf of a 15-year-old girl and a Christian educators association after a trans track athlete was allowed to compete against middle school girls.

The Alliance Defending Freedom filed the lawsuit, State of Tennessee [et al.] v. Cardona, on behalf of a 15-year-old girl and a Christian educators association after a trans track athlete was allowed to compete against middle school girls.

The Dept. of Education said they would "continue to fight," and has asked the courts to dismiss another injunction case filed by 6 states.

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Earlier this year, the Supreme Court passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over whether transgender students have a legal right to use school bathrooms that match their gender identity.

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The GOP has used the transgender community as a scapegoat, as basic protections for the LGBTQ+ community come under repeated assault. This change would grant no special privileges to any group, and would merely extend to trans students the rights that everyone else is entitled to have. The Title IX change would obligate schools to protect LGBTQ+ students and ensure they are treated fairly.

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Editorial: New Title IX rule will help trans students

It is impossible to change your sex, and equating sex with gender identity is illogical and serves nobody but the purveyors of woke gender ideology. There are biological differences between the sexes, and pretending like they don't exist will obliterate Title IX, as opportunities and protections for women will be abused by men who merely identify as a woman. This ruling protects women's rights.

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Second Federal Court Halts Biden's 'Arbitrary' Title IX Change That Expands Protections to Transgender Students

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