The Department of Education’s civil rights office has opened an investigation into Oregon’s policies allowing transgender-identifying male students to compete in female athletics based on a “gender identity” participation policy.
The Education Department said in a July 25 press release that its Office for Civil Rights is examining whether the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is violating Title IX, the federal law barring sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funds.
“If Oregon is permitting males to compete in women’s sports, it is allowing these males to steal the accolades and opportunities that female competitors have rightfully earned through hard work and grit, while callously disregarding women’s and girls’ safety, dignity, and privacy,” acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a statement….