Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines said that with his 2024 revision, President Joe Biden has basically “abolished Title IX” — a policy that was originally enacted to protect women and girls.
On Friday, Gaines broke down what Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona have done by revising the law enacted in 1972. A summary of the new provisions “clarifies that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”
“The Biden Admin has just officially abolished Title IX as we knew it,” Gaines wrote in a post on X. “Now, sex = gender identity.”
“In a nutshell, the new rewrite means, men can take academic AND athletic scholarships from women,” she added. “Men will have FULL access to bathrooms, locker rooms, etc. Men could be housed in dorm rooms with women.”
“Students and faculty MUST compel their speech by requiring the use of preferred pronouns,” Gaines continued. “If the guidelines above are ignored or even questioned, then YOU can be charged with harassment.”
The Biden Admin has just officially abolished Title IX as we knew it. Now, sex = gender identity.
In a nutshell, the new rewrite means:
– men can take academic AND athletic scholarships from women
– men will have FULL access to bathrooms, locker rooms, etc
– men could be… pic.twitter.com/JfQVI9Yfph— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 19, 2024
The former University of Kentucky swimmer has become a vocal advocate for women’s rights in sports and has faced backlash for speaking out against biological males competing against females.
Gaines made headlines when she talked about how unfair it was having to swim against trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas in 2022 and how uncomfortable it was changing in the locker room with Thomas.
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Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, also blasted Biden’s new regulations as “grotesque,” and accused the White House of capitulating “to extremists in his party, sacrificing the First Amendment on the altar of Title IX and disregarding clearly established Supreme Court precedent on the definition of sexual harassment.”
Former Senior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education Sarah Parshall Perry echoed the sentiment, stating, “Under the new rule, girls and women will no longer have any sex-separated bathrooms, locker rooms, housing accommodations, or other educational programs. Women’s sports are likely endangered, too.”
“Any education institution, including many private schools that receive even nominal federal funding, will be affected by this rule,” she added. “The rule also erases other important protections, like due process protections for students accused of sexual misconduct, free speech protections for students and teachers who don’t want to use ‘preferred pronouns,’ and parents’ right to know if their child is in the process of a gender identity ‘social transition’ at school.”