The U.S. Department of Education announced it would conduct an IX-title investigation into California Interstate Principals’ policies the day after allowing trans-sex high school athletes to participate in women’s sports, and a federal judge blocked President Trump’s executive order restricting the provision of health care for trans-sex young people.
The government is expected to face U.S. District Court Judge Brendan A.
Helson said at a hearing on Thursday that stopping health care for trans people is “a dangerous, especially dangerous, for any care for anyone, especially for this extremely vulnerable population.”
“This is a very high rate of suicide, poverty, unemployment, drug use,” he said.
Trump has signed an order formally acknowledging only “unchanged” men and women and trying to end support for gender transition care providers for people under the age of 19.
Title IX is federal civil rights law that prohibits gender-based discrimination in schools and universities that receive federal funds.
A lawsuit against Helson in Baltimore was heard in Seattle on Friday. Attorneys general in Washington, Minnesota and Oregon will argue that Trump’s order of gender affirmation of care represents an attack on transgender young people and their families.
A statement sent to the Times a week ago by email highlighting policies to allow trans girls to participate in women’s movements.
“CIF provides students with opportunities to belong, connect and compete in compliance with California laws [Education Code section 221.5. (f)] This allows students to participate in school curriculum and activities, including sports teams and competitions, consistent with students’ gender identity, regardless of the gender listed on the student’s records, the statement said. ”
Trump’s Trump administration this week also called on the NCAA and the National Federation of State High Schools. Deprive trans athletes of records, championships and awards. The NCAA has said it will comply with Trump’s executive orders to prohibit trans women’s athletes from joining the women’s team.
“We strongly believe that clear, consistent and unified eligibility standards will best serve today’s student-athletes rather than contradictory state laws and court rulings,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement. “To this end, President Trump’s orders provide clear national standards.”
The position is the approximate face of the NCAA rule passed in 2022, which states that transgender athletes must record exercise-specific testosterone levels again at the beginning of the season and six months later. They also have to record testosterone levels four weeks before the championship selection.
“We firmly support the equity of trans student-athletes and college athletics across the university,” John Degioia, then-NCAA Council President, said at the time. “It is important that NCAA member schools, conferences and college athletes compete in an inclusive, fair, safe and respectful environment and have a clear understanding of the new policy.”
San Jose followed the directive last fall when it allowed a transgender woman to play on the women’s volleyball team. Four Mountain West Conference rivals – Boise, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada – chose to confiscate or cancel the game instead of participating in San Jose.
The trans player is a senior who has been rostered for three seasons at San Jose State after moving from a college on the East Coast. This is the first season when opponents protest against players’ participation. Players are not named by The Times because they have not yet been publicly identified as transgender.
The issue was made public when San Jose co-captain Brooke Slusser filed a lawsuit against former U.S. swimmer and anti-athlete activist Riley Gaines in September. The lawsuit alleges that the NCAA’s trans-eligibility policy violates the equal protection clauses of Title IX and 14th Amendment. Slusser claimed in the lawsuit that including trans people poses unfair advantages and security hazards.
Trump commented on the issue during the presidential campaign, and he announced “Fox’s Focus” at City Hall for “Fox” News, which, if elected, would ban all trans women from participating in the women’s movement. He is following this promise.
The Education Department announced last week that it had begun an investigation into San Jose to “reported violation of Title IX.” University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Intercollegiate Games. Also known as the target of the survey.
“History is not friendly to the entities actively opposing the enforcement of federal civil rights laws and notes that these laws protect women and girls from discrimination and harassment,” Acting Assistant Secretary of Education Craig Trainer said in a statement.
The California Family Council’s mission is to “promote God’s life, family and freedom design through the California Church, Capitol and Culture”, and he praised the decision to investigate the CIF.
“The CIF has long turned a blind eye to female athletes, parents and coaches, prioritizing radical gender ideology over equity, safety and women’s track and field integrity,” the statement said. “This investigation is a critical step towards restoring justice for high school sports.”
Sophia Lorey, CFC Outreach Director, said the investigation made her cry “tears of joy”.
“As a four-year CIF college athlete and three-year captain, I have been fighting for all girls to have the same sports opportunities as me,” Lowry said. “CIF’s policies have undermined the tough wins of decades of female athletes, and it’s time for them to answer the damage they’ve caused.”
In the fall, Lorey was involved in the Martin Luther King High School in Riverside in a controversy surrounding a transgender athlete, whose trans athlete won the women’s cross-country team from another runner, Taylor Starling.
Starling and a teammate made a T-shirt, said “Save Women’s Sports”, put them on school, and filed a lawsuit against Riverside Unified School District, when administrators allegedly scolded them for wearing shirts. Starling’s father, Ryan Starling, thanked the Trump administration for taking action to investigate the CIF.
“We’re very happy to see common sense,” he said to Fox News numbers. “It’s a long battle for many people on so many fronts. This battle doesn’t end in California, but we’re one step closer every day.”
