Title IX
Title IX Definition
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Title IX, a clause of the 1972 Education Amendments
Speech First Files Joint Lawsuit Against Title IX Regulation.
On April 29, 2024, Speech First filed a joint lawsuit against the Biden administration’s illegal Title IX regulation, along with Independent Women’s Forum, Parents Defending Education, and the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
The recently announced Title IX regulation upends the landmark 1972 law, which was intended to prohibit discrimination against women and girls. It also strips away basic due process rights for those accused of sexual harassment.
This is a pivotal moment in our fight to protect students’ fundamental rights to free expression on college campuses across the country and the principles of free speech that our nation was founded upon.
Background:
Title IX has brought an end to many injustices since it was enacted almost 50 years ago. However, bureaucrats have expanded the definitions of discrimination and harassment over the years in a way that has been harmful to students on campus. The process for adjudicating serious allegations on campus, for example, has been plagued by bias, vagueness, and overreach – undermining a system that was intended to ensure access to education for all students. Instead, bureaucrats have created a climate of fear and suspicion on campus and destroyed students’ appreciation for the traditions of fairness upon which this country was built.
In May of 2020, new Title IX rules were issued by the Department of Education which provided much-needed clarity for students, universities, families, and administrators. They also enshrined procedural safeguards that started to restore trust in a broken system.
Unfortunately, the Biden Administration has proposed new Title IX rules that will once again open the door for universities to restrict speech more than they already do. As it stands, by utilizing precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court, the 2020 Rule strikes the proper balance between allowing universities to properly regulate sexual harassment under Title IX and complying with the First Amendment. However, the new proposed rules broaden the definition of ‘harassment’ to the point where students could be investigated and disciplined for not using certain pronouns, misgendering someone, or for even expressing political ideas. Compelling and chilling protected speech is fundamentally unconstitutional.
What YOU Can Do:
If you are a student or you know a student who was punished or investigated under Title IX for misgendering or not using someone’s requested pronouns, or for any other form of constitutionally protected speech, tell us your story! The more we know your story the more we can amplify the message in the media and increase public awareness.
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Recent Activity
- Press Release April 29, 2024
- Title IX Complaint April 29, 2024
- Speech First Condemns Biden’s Title IX Rule Changes that Chills Free Speech March 6, 2023
- Speech First's Public Comments to Department of Education on Title IX September 9, 2022
- Title IX Coalition Letter to Office for Civil Rights April 4, 2022
- Reviewing Enforcement of Title IX for DOE Public Hearing June 11, 2021
Featured Interview
March 10, 2023
Title IX Explainer- What is it and How Does it Threaten our Right to Speech?
September 9, 2022
Speech First’s Public Comments to Department of Education on Title IX
July 21, 2022
VIDEO: Biden Wants to Use Title IX Against Students
July 5, 2022
Biden And Universities Launch Sneak Attack On Free Speech
July 5, 2022 The proposed new Title IX regulations by President Biden’s Department of Education have opened the door for universities to restrict and compel student speech even more than…
August 7, 2020
IWF Podcast on Title IX
Click here to watch Nicole Neily give an interview on Title IX.
All Content
May 1, 2024
Louisiana School Board Sues Biden Administration Over Pro-LGBTQ Title IX Changes
Catholic Vote
May 1, 2024
Title IX Redefinition of ‘Sex’ Faces Defiance and a Flood of Lawsuits
Daily Citizen
April 30, 2024
States, Conservative Groups Sue to Block New Title IX Rule
Inside Higher Ed
April 29, 2024
Attorney General Moody Challenges Biden’s Title IX Regulations, Protecting Women’s Rights
Legal Newsline
April 29, 2024
AG Marshall leads lawsuit against Biden’s Title IX changes — ‘I expect the rule to be struck down swiftly’
1819 News
April 29, 2024
Independent Women’s Forum Files Landmark Lawsuit Against Biden’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite
Independent Women's Forum
April 29, 2024
Biden admin sued by state AGs, parents’ rights group over ‘immoral’ Title IX rules
CBS 12
April 29, 2024
State Attorneys General Join Parents Defending Education, Independent Women’s Forum, and Speech First in Landmark Lawsuit Against Biden’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite
Parents Defending Education
April 29, 2024
Carr Takes Action to Protect Women’s Sports
April 26, 2024
Biden’s New Title IX Rule is the Beginning of the End for Free Speech
The American Conservative
April 19, 2024
MI Responds: Biden Administration Releases New Title IX Rules
Manhattan Institute
September 22, 2023
Biden admin. Title IX changes could lead to the ‘ultimate erasure of women,’ activists warn
The Christian Post