Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Administration’s Title IX Guidelines That Protect Transgender Students

Essence Magazine:

By Safire R. Sostre ·Updated July 18, 2022

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s Title IX guidance, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. 

Eastern District of Tennessee Judge Charles Atchley, who is a Donald Trump appointee, said on Friday that the Department of Education’s Title IX guidance “directly interferes with and threatens Plaintiff States’ ability to continue enforcing their state laws,” Politico reports. 

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