Transgender Lawmakers Criticize Biden’s Title IX Proposal on School Sports

The state legislators say Title IX should allow transgender to athletes to play on their chosen teams with no exceptions

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas (2nd L) of Penn University and transgender swimmer Iszac Henig (L) of Yale pose with their medals after placing first and second in the 100-yard freestyle swimming race at the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 19, 2022. Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images

A coalition of transgender and “nonbinary” legislators have voiced their concerns over President Joe Biden’s proposed changes to Title IX, which would affect transgender students’ participation in school sports.

In an April 10 letter to Biden, the 14 legislators from the states of Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, Montana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Vermont said they were writing to express their concerns regarding the Biden administration’s recently unveiled proposed change to the Title IX rule, a policy designed to protect people from discrimination based on sex in schools.