The Biden administration withdrew a rule that would have forced schools receiving federal funds to allow boys to compete in girls’ and women’s sports, if they claim to identify as girls.
The withdrawal comes one month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, and in the context of multiple lawsuits against a previous rule change that went into effect on August 1.
In that previous rule, the Department of Education reinterpreted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a law that bars discrimination on the basis of sex in education. The changes force gender ideology on Americans in the name of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
At least seven circuit courts have temporarily blocked the Title IX rewrite as unconstitutional, blocking it from taking effect in 26 states.
The Supreme Court in August…