Trump vows to reverse Biden Title IX changes on transgender issues

Former President Donald Trump declared on Friday that he would rescind changes the Biden administration made to Title IX to expand transgender protections on his first day back in the White House.

"We’re gonna end it on day one. Don’t forget, that was done as an order from the president. That came down as an executive order. And we’re gonna change it — on day one it’s gonna be changed," he said on conservative radio show "Kayal and Company," as quoted by The Hill. "Tell your people not to worry about it. It’ll be signed on day one. It’ll be terminated."

The Department of Education in April finalized rules to expand the definition of sex discrimination to include both pregnancy and gender identity, prompting a bevy of conservative states to declare they would not abide by the changes. The attorney generals of Texas and Louisiana subsequently filed a challenge.

"Today, I am announcing that we have officially filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Education, to save Title IX and protect the myriad of interests threatened by these new regulations," Louisiana AG Liz Murrill said at the time. 

"This attempt to subvert federal law is plainly illegal, undemocratic, and divorced from reality," Texas AG Ken Paxton added.

Other states, such as Arkansas, have seen Republican governors order state officials to ignore the Title IX changes outright.

“If Biden gets his way, female college students will shower and change next to male college students, referring to someone using biologically correct pronouns will get you all in front of a disciplinary board for harassment and scholarships previously reserved for women will now be open to anyone claiming to be a woman,” Arkansas GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said earlier in May.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.