6/15/2023 0 Comments Myschool house![]() It does the opposite."Ĭox pointed to the rarity last year when he vetoed HB11, which bans transgender girls from competing in high school sports, saying there were only four transgender students playing high school sports in Utah, and just one who played on a girls team. "And the American Academy of Pediatrics states that 'gender identity can be fluid, shifting in different contexts.' Compelling a subjective, athlete-by-athlete analysis controlled by a student's self-identified 'gender identity' enforced under threat of department retribution affords no clarity. "The American (Psychological) Association asserts that 'gender identity is internal,'" the letter states. The letter acknowledges that gender identity is fluid, but claims the rule will make it even harder for school officials to determine who should be eligible to play on a particular team. Opposition to transgender athletes, gender-related surgeries and hormone treatments for minors has been a focal point for some conservatives over the last several years. Schools that don't comply with the new rule are under threat of losing some federal funding, which the letter says is an attempt from the Department of Education to "coerce compliance with an uncertain, fluid and completely subjective standard that is based on a highly politicized gender ideology." ![]() Under the proposed rule, blanket bans on transgender students participating on teams that align with their gender identity would violate Title IX, although states could enact more targeted bans, particularly in more competitive high school and college sports, according to the Associated Press. Title IX - the landmark gender equity legislation passed in 1972 - is meant to prevent gender-based discrimination in education, including athletics. "Most troubling, the proposed regulation would turn the purpose of Title IX on its head and threaten the many achievements of women in athletics." "If (the rule is) not withdrawn, we are gravely concerned about the impact that the department's wholesale reinvention of Title IX's terms would have on states' ability to enforce their laws and policies as written," the letter reads. In a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Cox and 24 other governors say the rule overreaches state rights and they called on the administration to delay the implementation of the rule until the Supreme Court can weigh in on the subject. Spencer Cox is among a group of Republican governors who are taking aim at a White House rule that would prohibit states from passing blanket bans of transgender athletes participating in school sports.
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