Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is following the lead taken by other red states in directing her government to defy changes to Title IX made by the Biden administration regarding transgender students.
Huckabee Sanders on Thursday signed an executive order stating the Biden administration’s rewriting of Title IX discrimination on the basis of sex to include discrimination on the basis of gender identity “is a plainly ridiculous change that will lead to males unfairly competing in women’s sports; receiving access to women’s and girls’ locker rooms, bathrooms, and private spaces; and competing for women’s scholarships.”
Congress passed Title IX in 1972 to prevent sex-based discrimination in schools and education programs that receive federal funding.
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