Transgender and Title IX

Transgender and Title IX concerns policies in schools towards transgender students, as dictated by Title IX in most places. "The federal rule opposes sweeping policies to allow transgender people from using the school bathrooms that align with their gender. At least 11 states, including Alabama, have such laws in their books already."

As of June 14, 2024, there have been 207 decisions (195 of which are federal) discussing Title IX and a transgender issue. During the second week in June 2024, there were three separate federal court decisions concerning challenges to a pro-transgender guidance issued by the Biden Administration based on Title IX:

• a 2-1 decision by the Sixth Circuit blocking enforcement of Biden's pro-transgender regulation in 20 states, in Tennessee v. Dep't of Educ., No. 22-5807, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 14485 (6th Cir. June 14, 2024). The States, as plaintiffs, are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
• a decision in Louisiana v. US Dept of Education by Judge Terry Doughty in favor of four states (Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi and Montana) to block the regulation
• a decision in favor of Texas by Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas v. Cardona, No. 4:23-cv-00604-O, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103452 (N.D. Tex. June 11, 2024)
• "Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, along with four advocacy organizations, filed a suit in federal court in Tuscaloosa, Alabama" on this issue.
• Indiana joined Tennessee and other states in filing a lawsuit against this in Tennessee, which is located within the Sixth Circuit.