LGBTQ Leaders Address Title IX Rollback
By Charlotte Robinson, July 12, 2024
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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