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A proposed rule by the Department of Energy would limit cisgender girls' athletic opportunities, citing Trump's anti-trans executive orders as rationale.
The proposed rule would deny cisgender girls the right to play on boys' teams when their school doesn't have the same teams for girls. For instance, according to The Hill, 4,000 girls played on boys' high school 11-person football teams during the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Department of Energy is preparing to roll back a portion of Title IX requiring that some sports be open to “the underrepresented sex,” a cornerstone of the federal law against sex discrimination in schools that President Trump’s administration has said conflicts with his executive order banning trans girls from playing on teams that align with their authentic gender.
Schools that don't comply would risk losing their share of the $150 billion in grants the energy department currently gives to public schools, which includes funding for school lunches.
Gender critical TERFs, you remember those executive orders targeting transgender people? Of course you do, you celebrated them like it was 1999. Now, Trump is going to use those to deny your rights.
More on this at the Daily Kos: Inside Trump’s bigoted push to ban girls from school sportsDon't say we didn't warn you. Misogyny knows no bounds.