[DAILYWIRE] The Department of Education has decided it will not investigate or interfere if transgender students complain they are barred from bathrooms that match their chosen gender, according to Buzzfeed News.
On Thursday, Buzzfeed asked Liz Hill, a spokesperson for the Department of Education, if restroom complaints from transgender students are not covered by a 1972 federal civil rights law called Title IX. Hill answered, "Yes, that’s what the law says," adding on Friday, "Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, not gender identity."
Hill made it clear that some complaints by transgender students will indeed be investigated, but bathroom complaints will not be among them. She stated, "Where students, including transgender students, are penalized or harassed for failing to conform to sex-based stereotypes, that is sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX. In the case of bathrooms, however, long-standing regulations provide that separating facilities on the basis of sex is not a form of discrimination prohibited by Title IX."
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