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The US Dept of Education has proposed rule changes to Title IX. That is the law that protects women’s sports. It will come as no surprise that the proposed rules gut women’s and girl’s sports. In some cases banning it completely.

A thread. 🧵 1/ 

The proposed rule says that any policies that categorically set up women’s and girls’ sports would violate Title IX. Oh, they phrase it differently but that’s what it means. 2/

Yes. You read that right. If you have girls sports that are for girls only that can now VIOLATE Title IX.
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There are some rules around when you can and can’t have girls sports. For example, if they don’t think the sports are that competitive, and the sports are more for fun, and the kids are young, you can’t have girls only sports. 4/

Schools have to take into consideration that sometimes sports is about participation. The younger the students the more sports is to be considered for participation and learning skills and that is why you may not have girls only. 5/

As students get older and sports become more competitive then it might be possible to have girls only. (Though by then many of the girls may have already self excluded.) At the high school and college level it may be possible to have girls only sports in competitions if it helps a school meet an important educational objective. (This will be a key phrase. It implies the burden is on the school to prove it. If you can’t meet this objective no girls only sports.) 6/

It also depends on the type of sport whether it can be female only. 7/

The proposed regulation focuses on minimizing the harms to the male students they would experience if excluded.

(The harms to the girls by all these proposals? Eh. Whatever. ) 8/

In December 2023, a UN expert said this would harm women and by girls by taking away scholarship opportunities and deny them the right to compete fairly.

The change would also lead to the removal of intimate spaces such as separate shower facilities and locker rooms. 9/

10/ Feb 2, 2024 the dept of ed sent over their final revisions to Title IX. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is reviewing the proposed rules and meeting with interested parties through at least April 4.
Final regs are expected this spring or summer.

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ed.gov/news/press-rel…
ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

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