Department of Education

The Biden administration says anti-trans discrimination is illegal. Some states say the opposite. What are schools doing?

“I and so many others will fight for justice at every forum where we are welcome and we will fight to ensure we are welcome where power is exercised.”

Tennessee’s lawyer argued that it violates “states’ sovereign authority” to force its schools to treat trans students equally.

Conservative attorneys general have already promised to fight the changes in court.

“Make no mistake: this is a part of a disturbing and dangerous trend across the country of legislation targeting LGBTQI+ students, educators, and individuals.”

Florida schools could lose federal funding if they violate civil rights law.

Clarks Summit College has banned LGBTQ students for years, like many other Christian colleges. The Biden administration is finally doing something about it.

The information included tips for LGBTQ students. It’s now “under review” after complaints from the far-right supporters of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Betsy DeVos spent four years in the Trump administration attacking LGBTQ rights. Now the company that made her rich is donating to out Sen. Kyrsten Sinema so she’ll oppose labor reform.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton really wants the state to misgender trans workers. So he took his case to federal court.

Led by Tennessee, the coalition says that President Joe Biden’s administration can’t tell them they have to treat trans people equally.

The message is also for states and schools, warning them that the Biden administration will investigate anti-LGBTQ discrimination this school year.

A trans girl is suing her state because they banned her from school sports. The Biden administration is taking her side in its first legal brief on 2021’s wave of anti-trans legislation.

The administration says it shares the “same ultimate objective” as the college and universities that have been sued for discrimination.

The lawsuit said that two transgender girls were ruining sports in Connecticut. But the hate group couldn’t find any other trans girls even playing sports in the state.

Joe Biden appointed legendary lawyer Pamela Karlan to a key civil rights position. She’s already helping LGBTQ students.

Religious colleges can discriminate and still receive federal funds because of a religious exemption. These students say that resulted in expulsion, fines, humiliation, and conversion therapy.

The order calls for the new Secretary of Education to review the policies left behind from Betsy DeVos’s time in office.

The Trump administration supported a hate group trying to ban trans girls from school sports. The Biden administration just reversed that.

One of her finals acts was telling the Department of Education that it shouldn’t protect LGBTQ students.