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Department of Education Will Restore Title IX Protections to LGBTQ+ Students 

HeadlineJun 17, 2021

The Biden administration has restored protections for trans students against discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. The move reverses the Trump administration’s exclusion of trans students from protections under Title IX, a 1972 federal law barring discrimination on the basis of sex. 

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