In one of her first acts as secretary of education, Betsy DeVos revoked Obama-era guidance that protected transgender students. The 2016 guidance had informed schools that the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice interpreted Title IX of the Higher Education Act as protecting all students on the basis of their gender identity, including by guaranteeing access to sex-segregated activities and facilities in accordance with their gender identity. Data from the Department of Education show that civil rights enforcement for LGBTQ students has been drastically scaled back since the start of the Trump administration.
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