The Trump administration’s Departments of Justice and Education have launched a joint special investigative unit for Title IX cases that will focus largely on the “pernicious effects of gender ideology.”
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TheTrumpadministrationlaunchedanewinvestigativeunittoprotect“femaleathletes,fromtheperniciouseffectsofgenderideologyinschoolprogramsandactivities”onFriday,furtherclampingdownontransgenderwomeninschoolsportsandsendingawarningsignaltostatesdefyingthepresident’sexecutiveorders.
TheDepartmentofEducation(DOE)andtheDepartmentofJustice(DOJ)announcedtheTitleIXSpecialInvestigationsTeam(SIT)tohandlecases,particularlytargetingtransgenderwomeninsports,because“traditionally,ourOfficeforCivilRights[OCR]takesmonths,evenyears,tocompleteTitleIXinvestigations,”EducationSecretaryLindaMcMahonsaidFriday.
“OCRunderthisAdministrationhasmovedfasterthaniteverhas,andtheTitleIXSITwillensureevenmorerapidandconsistentinvestigations,”McMahonsaid.“Toalltheentitiesthatcontin
