--- [ LGBTQ ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/lgbtq) # Biden Education Dept. to Codify Title IX Protections of Transgender Students March 31 2022 Written by BRETT WILKINS. EDUCATION WATCH - As right-wing efforts to marginalize transgender students increase across the United States, the Biden administration is expected in the [**coming weeks** ](https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-us-department-education-assistant-secretary-office-civil-rights-catherine-lhamon-title-ix-update-fall-2021-unified-agenda-and-regulatory-plan)to finalize new Education Department regulations to protect LGBTQ+ youth, according to a *Washington Post* report [**published**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/30/transgender-discrimination-title-ix-rule-students/) Wednesday. The *Post* cites people familiar with a draft text of the proposed Title IX regulation that would expand the definition of "discrimination on the basis of sex" to include "discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity." David Hinojosa, director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the nonprofit Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, told the *Post* that the new regulations "could very well be a game-changer." "States accept federal moneys and agree not to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, etc., under federal laws including Title IX," he said. "If they are discriminating against students on the basis of gender, they could be jeopardizing their funding." Title IX is the 1972 law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. Last June, the Department of Education [**said**](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/16/huge-day-trans-youth-biden-administration-reverses-trump-era-title-ix-guidance) that Title IX bans discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, reversing guidance issued by the openly [**anti-transgender**](https://www.hrc.org/resources/trumps-timeline-of-hate) Trump administration. In announcing its departure from Trump-era policy, the Education Department cited *Bostock v. Clayton County*, the landmark 2020 U.S. Supreme Court [**ruling**](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/15/huge-victory-lgbtq-equality-us-supreme-court-affirms-workplace-protections) declaring workplace discrimination against LGBTQ+ people unconstitutional. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona [**said**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/16/title-ix-transgender-students-discrimination/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter) last June that the Biden administration believes "that all students—including LGBTQ+ students—deserve the opportunity to learn and thrive in schools that are free from discrimination." The impending regulatory revision comes as Republican-controlled states across the country pass laws banning transgender student-athletes from participating on the sports teams that match their gender identity. On Wednesday Oklahoma [**became**](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/03/30/oklahoma-transgender-athlete-ban-female-sports-save-womens-sports-act-kevin-stitt/7209596001/) the 13th state to approve such legislation. The new Title IX regulations will also rewrite rules on how schools handle allegations of sexual assault and harassment. 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