The Trump administration said that California was in violation of the 1973 Title IX federal civil rights law over transgender sports athletes and threatened “enforcement action” if their polices remained unchanged.
In February, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into transgender athletes being allowed to compete against girls in California, and on Wednesday, Education Sec. Linda McMahon confirmed that the state was violating the civil rights law.
‘The state must swiftly come into compliance with Title IX or face the consequences that follow.’
McMahon called on California to “voluntarily agree” to reverse the policies or face “imminent enforcement action” from the federal government, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was ‘deeply unfair’ to allow
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