Trump's Department of Education Admits It Actively Doesn't Care About Transgender Students

Trump’s Education Department said it will not it will not investigate or act on complaints from transgender students who charge they were barred from using a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.

The Department clarified the position to BuzzFeed News, which first reported it Monday.

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“Once again, Secretary DeVos proves she is not interested in protecting transgender students and instead is choosing to advance the dangerous Trump-Pence anti-LGBTQ agenda.”
—Sarah Warbelow, HRCLast February, the Trump administration withdrew Obama-era guidance that instructed schools to allow transgender students access to bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity, and in June the department indicated it may dismiss some cases related to trans students’ bathroom access.

Attempting to clarify the department’s position, education department spokesperson Liz Hill told BuzzFeed Thursday, “yes, that’s what the law says” when asked again if the department believes that transgender students are not covered by Title IX, a federal anti-discrimination law.

Hill added Friday, “Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, not gender identity.”

According to Hill, “long-standing regulations provide that separating facilities on the basis of sex is not a form of discrimination prohibited by Title IX.”