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<\/p>\nTrump Administration Withdraws Obama Guidance on Transgender Bathroom<\/b><\/p>\n
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The Trump Administration has withdrawn transgender guidance issued to U.S. schools under President Obama\u00a0calling on all U.S. school districts to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms they choose.<\/p>\n
CNN reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n In a two-page \u201cDear Colleague\u201d letter to public schools, the Trump administration said the existing guidance did not \u201ccontain extensive legal analysis or explain how the position is consistent with the express language of Title IX, nor did they undergo any formal public process.\u201d<\/p>\n The letter \u2014 which does not offer new guidance but simply withdraws the Obama administration policy \u2014 says there must be \u201cdue regard\u201d for the role of states and local school districts in shaping education policy in schools.<\/p>\n Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a statement:<\/p>\n @BetsyDeVosED<\/a> the word “transgender” doesn’t even appear in your statement (except for “LGBTQ” abbreviation). Why are you like this? pic.twitter.com\/txxoLVZy0o<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 USC (@AlumniUSC) February 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Lambda Legal reacts:<\/p>\n The U.S. Department of Education today rescinded the Obama administration\u2019s 2016 Title IX guidance clarifying the rights of transgender<\/span> students. Rachel B. Tiven, CEO of Lambda Legal, the nation\u2019s oldest and largest LGBT legal organization, released the following statement:<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know that Donald Trump is a bully, but his attack on transgender<\/span> children today is a new low. The U.S. Department of Education\u2019s decision to withdraw guidance clarifying the rights of transgender<\/span> students endangers the well-being and safety of children across the country.<\/p>\n \u201cTrump\u2019s actions do not change the law itself\u2014transgender<\/span> students remain protected by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972\u2014but abandoning the guidance intentionally creates confusion about what federal law requires. The law bars discrimination \u2013 the new administration invites it.<\/p>\n \u201cBetsy DeVos became Education Secretary just one week ago. At her brief confirmation hearing she publicly committed to protecting LGBT students \u2013 this harms them.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the past week Donald Trump has attacked perhaps the two most vulnerable groups of children in America:transgender<\/span> children and refugee children. While his Education Secretary was busy withdrawing protective guidance for trans<\/a> kids, his Homeland Security Secretary signed memos that strip legal protections from children who arrive alone at our borders, seeking refuge.<\/p>\n \u201cNow Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary DeVos give us sickening echoes of the racially segregated schools era by claiming that enforcement of this federal civil rights law is a \u2018states\u2019 rights issue.\u2019 This is not just a bizarre misunderstanding. We recognize that language. This is a cynical rejection of the federal government\u2019s responsibility to enforce federal law protections for vulnerable students.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the Trump\/Pence administration wages its War on Children, Lambda Legal will redouble our efforts to protect transgender<\/span> and other vulnerable kids. At Lambda Legal, we are already in court fighting for transgender<\/span>students, and we are prepared to sue any school district that discriminates in the wake of the Trump administration\u2019s actions today.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Trump Administration Withdraws Obama Guidance on Transgender Bathroom<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n