LGBTQ Leaders Address Title IX Rollback

House Republicans have passed Congressional Review Act (CRA) that reverses the Biden Administration’s crucial Title IX changes that clarified & expanded protections for our LGBTQ students. The CRA strips the Education Department of its power to protect LGBTQ youth from discrimination in school. Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, GLSEN Executive Director stated, "In their relentless campaign to push LGBTQ+ children back into the closet, House Republicans have passed another futile bill that would erase civil rights protections & tie the hands of federal enforcement agencies charged with ensuring safe schools. If the Congressional Review Act resolution becomes law, essential updates to Title IX will be undone, leaving LGBTQ+ youth without vital protections against bullying, harassment & assault. GLSEN stands with the broad coalition of students, educators, parents, mental health professionals & community members who want to ensure that schools are safe & secure learning environments, free from harassment & discrimination. It’s deeply troubling that so many members of Congress would stand in the way of federal actions that could help communities across the country reach that goal & we look to the Senate to prevent such a regressive resolution from advancing any further.” Allen Morris, National LGBTQ Task Force Policy Director concluded, “Transphobia & misogyny are at the root of today’s House proceedings. Repealing protections for LGBTQ youth, in particular trans youth & those whose safety is compromised on campuses & other spaces is unconscionable & hateful. Congress must act swiftly to overturn this dangerous ruling & reimplement the protections established by the Biden Administration. We also implore the Senate to hold the line for transgender lives & the larger LGBTQ+ community. Now is not the time to fold to political pressure or give extremists a platform for hatred, discrimination & violence to thrive.”

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