The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) sent a letter to the United Nations in response to the Biden administration’s sweeping changes to Title IX.
The brief called for the participation of men in women’s sports to be treated as an act of violence against women. The letter was first obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Title IX is a civil rights law that limits sex discrimination against students, employees, and others in public schools, colleges, and universities that receive federal funding.
Announced by President Biden’s administration. new ruleset At the beginning of this year. Students and school employees at institutions receiving federal funding will see sweeping changes to Title IX starting this fall.
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According to the examiner, Reem Al-Salem was one of the people who received the brief from ICONS. According to Al-Salem’s social media bio, she serves as the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls.
Al-Salem previously challenged Title IX provisions regarding the new definition of “sex.”
“The false redefinition of ‘sex’ by these enforcement regulations is a significant setback, and by effectively eliminating single sex, the vast majority of women and girls are exposed to voyeurism, sexual harassment, physical and “It would make them more vulnerable to privacy violations, including attacks on the space,” Al-Salem said. press release last month.
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A brief sent to the United Nations argued that certain provisions in the rewrite of Title IX could negatively impact women.
“Title IX was a federal law written to protect women, but the Biden administration has now turned it into a law that protects men at the expense of women,” said Marci, co-founder of ICONS. Smith and Kim Jones told the Washington Examiner.
“With one stroke of his pen, Biden reversed the intent of Congress and turned Title IX into a blatant call to oppress women and girls.”
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A federal lawsuit led by Tennessee and West Virginia is asking a judge to halt and overturn the new policy. Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Virginia also joined the lawsuit. This follows other legal challenges recently filed by nine other states, including Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas.
At the center of the controversy is a new provision that expands Title IX to include LGBTQ+ students. A 1972 law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education. Under the new rules, Title IX also protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The states involved argue that this constitutes an illegal rewriting of the landmark law.
They argue that this violates their own laws, which limit the bathrooms and locker rooms transgender students can use and prohibit them from using facilities tailored to their new gender identity.
“The U.S. Department of Education does not have the authority to put boys in girls’ locker rooms,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Scumetti said in a statement. “In the decades since its introduction, Title IX has been widely understood to protect women’s privacy and safety in private spaces such as locker rooms and bathrooms.”
August 18, 2020 at the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, DC. (Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The administration’s new rules provide broad protections against discrimination based on gender, but provide no guidance regarding transgender athletes. The Ministry of Education promised to issue separate regulations on this issue later.
Policies regarding male athletes’ participation in women’s sports vary by organization and sports league. The NCAA’s approach included a “sport-specific” model related to tolerances for chemically altered testosterone levels. Testosterone strengthens muscle tone and bone mass.
“The new policy will restrict the participation of transgender students and athletes. olympic movement. The resulting sport-by-sport approach preserves opportunities for transgender student-athletes while balancing equity, inclusivity, and safety for all those who compete. ” the NCAA said In 2022.
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But ICONS argues that using “acceptable” testosterone levels as a single indicator is “arbitrary and meaningless”.
“We know that male supremacy can never be reversed,” Smith and Jones wrote in their letter. “But even if they could, a man who has reduced his athletic ability through the manipulation of hormone levels is not a woman. The erasure of women as a sex class must stop.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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