The Trump administration is moving forward on its threat to sue the state of Minnesota for allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls sports.
On Monday, March 30, U.S. Justice Department officials filed an emergency lawsuit against states including California as well as other jurisdictions that allow trans people of any gender identity who are assigned male at birth to compete in girls' sports and use their bathrooms or locker rooms according to the sex they identify with; Minnesota is among those targeted for this alleged discrimination under Title IX, which prohibits schools from discriminating based on race.
Key Points
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1The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an official lawsuit against the State of Minnesota.
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2Minnesota is accused under federal Title IX interpretations for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports and use locker rooms according to their gender identity rather than biological sex at birth (as alleged by DOJ).
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3Both defendants named are specifically identified as the Department of Education, which set policy guidelines based on parental choice.
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4The lawsuit alleges that Minnesota's policies discriminate against female athletes who have been assigned male organs and/or chromosomes.
Developments
The U.S. Justice Department announced it will sue Minnesota for allegedly violating Title IX by allowing male athletes in girls' sports and bathrooms, citing the state as receiving over $3 billion annually from federal funds that must comply with such laws under President Trump's executive order on transgender participation policies.
The Trump administration sued Minnesota on March 30 over transgender athlete policies under Title IX. In retaliation last April, a state attorney general filed an opposing lawsuit claiming the federal government's two-sex definition is unconstitutional for schools receiving billions in annual funding from Washington D.C., while noting that voluntary resolutions have failed to resolve these disputes since September of this year
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Minnesota for allegedly engaging in sex-based discrimination under Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete on girls' teams and use shared facilities without federal compliance orders from the Education or Health and Human Services departments being satisfied last September, which threatened funding cuts if such policies were not banned immediately after President Trump's executive order.