WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump has eradicated guidelines previously set by the Obama Administration that allowed transgender students to use bathrooms of the gender the identify with, rather than be required to use a bathroom of the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender identity refers to an individual’s internal sense of gender. A person’s gender identity may be different from or the same as the person’s sex assigned at birth.
Sex assigned at birth refers to the sex designation recorded on an infant’s birth certificate should such a record be provided at birth.
Transgender describes those individuals whose gender identity is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. A transgender male is someone who identifies as male but was assigned the sex of female at birth; a transgender female is someone who identifies as female but was assigned the sex of male at birth.
Under the Obama guidelines sent to schools, as a condition of receiving Federal funds and to comply with Title IX law, schools were made to agree that they will not exclude, separate, deny benefits to, or otherwise treat differently on the basis of sex any person in its educational programs or activities unless expressly authorized to do so under Title IX or its implementing regulations. A school must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity.
This week, siding with state’s rights, President Trump revoked this order, which was approved by a judge last year. Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that “the President has made it clear throughout the campaign that he is a firm believer in states’ rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level.”
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos echoed Spicer’s words, saying “This is an issue best solved at the state and local level. Schools, communities and families can find — and in many cases have found — solutions that protect all students. We owe all students a commitment to ensure they have access to a learning environment that is free of discrimination, bullying and harassment.”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions weighed in as well, saying other important anti-bullying measures remain in force. “Congress, state legislatures and local governments are in a position to adopt appropriate policies or laws addressing this issue. The Department of Justice remains committed to the proper interpretation and enforcement of Title IX and to its protections for all students, including LGBTQ students, from discrimination, bullying and harassment.”
New guidance would be sent to schools, outlining the President’s directive.
An ACLU spokesman vowed the matter would not be put to rest, saying “Revoking the guidance shows that the president’s promise to protect LGBT rights was just empty rhetoric. But the bottom line is that this does not undo legal protections for trans students, and school districts can and must continue to protect them and all students from discrimination. School districts that recognize that should continue doing the right thing; for the rest, we’ll see them in court.”
Biology matters.
Here we go again. Donald and his sexual fetishes. First it was his obsession with pussy grabbing. Now he wants to send in federal troops to see if you have a weenie or a twat. This pres is one sick MF.
Seriously. You have all been in the bathroom with a transgender person. For the most part, none of you were aware of this due to the fact that transgender men, for the most part, look just like men and transgender women look like (gasp!) women. This whole bathroom issue was never an issue until it was made into one.
If you want to weigh in on what you think about transgender folks, take a moment to educate yourself before doing so.
freak lover
Why, how very mature of you…
What is LVS?
What is LVS you ask?
There are many schools of thought on that and they all agree.
LVS (those are his initials) is a stupid, bigoted, ignorant, cowardly and moronic old coot that inhabits this site. He used to go by his initials but you can still tell it is him by his idiotic comments. He is the epitome of a dumbass.
He deletes comments that he doesn’t like & gets away with it because he kisses the site owners ass everyday.
Basically he is a pathetic old waste of skin.
LVS = Low Voltage Shithead.
Kindness, LVS isn’t much. He is a retired man who thinks his opinions are witty and cute. There isn’t much he doesn’t have an opinion on and he is decidedly right wing although he will tell you otherwise. He is the epitome of a Trump supporter-someone who believes everything our President says unless he is a Democrat, then the opposite holds true. When facts get in his way, he always goes to the Trump response-it’s fake news. Unfortunately, he will probably pass away before he will see the true nature of the people behind the President and certainly before the effects of this administration’s efforts to dismantle the USA are finalized. He is never wrong and he a clone of all that is wrong with this country. Don’t expect him to be kind. That is beyond his comprehension.
I can tell you it is NOT a comment from LVS. He does not pick on or harass sick people and I consider transgenders mentally ill. They can’t help the way they are and definitely need help, so I would never call them names. It looks like a comment the Anonymous TROLL would post as he is a totally classless individual and a coward.
Took out the trashy TROLLS again.
Good, keep the weirdo’s at home if they have that big of a problem functioning in society. it is not our responsibility to conform to them.
Abummer and the liberal morons flushed again — SUPERMAN !
If I was from Australia, but decided to think I was from Kenya, would that make it true or right(or Kenyan)? No, it would make me a jackass.
Finally
“the President has made it clear throughout the campaign that he is a firm believer in states’ rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level.”
How many of you morons didnt read the article??
All that Trump is doing, is leaving it up to the States to decide on this. He’s not saying one thing or another.
Headlines like this are the problem with our country today. Trump never said what the headline claims. he said it is a states right to set this kind of law if they want, not the Federal Government.
That’s good, now parents need to teach their kids to be what ever they want in life. But if you choose to be a freak, expect to be treated like one!
You’re right! Now let’s just all teach our kids not to CHOOSE to be “freaks.” Seriously. Get some education.
It is truelly a choice one makes for attention. Much like choosing a haircut, or choosing a style of dress attire.
Unless you know and love someone who is transgender, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Being transgender is absolutely NOT a choice. It’s just part of who someone is. No one would choose to live in such a way that they become targets for hate and bigotry. I understand how people could think the way you do. I did once also. But then, my eyes and mind were opened by someone I love. If everyone could have the opportunity to experience having a loved one who is dealing with gender disphoria or transgenderism, the world would be a more understanding and loving place. Until someone they know and love is going through this, people really have no reason to become educated about it. Until then, they are guided by their opinions instead of facts, just as you were in stating that this is s choice.
I am highly educated and I know that science doesn’t mess up like that. This is a product of generation, attention seeking behavior. Parents of such also have the same attention seeking malfunction. And as a Christian in good faith, I cant truly believe that our God and creator would accidentally put a penis on a little girl(or vice versa). As a country, we need to put our foot down, and not make others uncomfortable, do to others and their poor “look at me” choices.
The first thing Trump has done to date that I agree with,