Biden-Harris administration Title IX rule change
Description: A Biden administration rule change illegitimately attempts to rewrite Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for female students in education and athletics.
Trump admin returns Title IX to common sense, biological reality
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding a Dear Colleague letter the U.S. Department of Education sent Friday that rejects the Biden administration’s unlawful attempt to change the meaning of “sex” in Title IX—a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics—to include “gender identity:”
“President Trump has spent his first days in office undoing some of the most harmful policies of his predecessor. Today, his Department of Education continued that good work by abandoning the Biden-era Title IX rule: an unlawful attempt to redefine ‘sex’ to include gender identity. As the basis for its action, the DOE cited a recent court ruling that struck down the rule in a case litigated by ADF and a coalition of states led by Tennessee.
“This restoration of Title IX is a victory for student safety, privacy, and free speech. But above all, it’s a win for women and girls—especially those who stood up to defend their sports and private spaces.
“Our client Adaleia is one of those courageous young women. When she was in 7th grade, school officials allowed a boy identifying as a girl to join the girls’ team and share the girls’ locker room. This male athlete subjected Adaleia to verbal abuse and sexual harassment. But she refused to stay silent. With ADF’s help, she told her story and joined a lawsuit defending Title IX—the same case that led to today’s victory.
“Now, the fight continues. ADF is currently representing female athletes in two cases defending Title IX’s original meaning from lawsuits by activist groups. We hope the Supreme Court will agree to take up this issue and fully restore the law to its proper foundation: biological reality.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.
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ABOUT Kristen Waggoner
Kristen Waggoner is the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom: the world’s largest legal organization advancing every person’s God-given right to live and speak the truth. With more than 450 team members in 10 offices worldwide, ADF is at the forefront of today’s most consequential battles in law, public policy, and culture. Under Waggoner’s leadership—first as head of U.S. litigation and now as CEO—ADF has played a role in 80 U.S. Supreme Court victories and won 15 of its own cases before the court, including serving as legal counsel with Mississippi in the landmark Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Waggoner personally argued several of ADF’s Supreme Court cases including the well-known Masterpiece Cakeshop and 303 Creative cases, winning major victories for free expression. She has the honor of leading ADF International, which, like its U.S. counterpart, defends religious liberty, free speech, parental rights, human life, and biological reality around the world. After law school, Waggoner clerked at the Washington Supreme Court and spent over 15 years at a Seattle law firm before joining ADF.