that trans are covered under Title VII & IX, for housing, employment etc. including children is NOT a stretch. now they might require a letter (as most schools i have checked into require) to be given that status and access, some require HRT for a period, like for athletes.

only SCUTUS can make it final though so i hope it works out right for Gavin Grimm

Simply a directive regarding the application of an existing code.

The change has not been the removal of any laws, but the removal of that interpretation by the current administration. Keep in mind that only Congress can make or change laws, not the President.

The Obama administration had on several occasions used federal code to promote transgender rights. As an example, they required equal treatment for gender identity for employment at any federal agency, and at any private employer doing business with the federal government. This qualifies as the proper application of policy by the Executive Branch of the government, and is not a new law, but rather the use of an existing law.

The example in question here was the interpretation of the Title IX code, which guarantees equal treatment of both sexes in public schools, or any educational institution which receives federal funding. Originally, this was intended to equalize the opportunities for girls and women in athletics and other extra-curricular activities - especially in those schools which showed a distinct preference in spending on boys athletics (football being the classic example). The Obama administration, through the Department of Education, issued a finding that expanded the scope of Title IX to include bathrooms. This was done by stating that discrimination based on gender identity was the same as discrimination based on sex.

Many of the court cases in question revolve around individuals suing a school district or state, either based on not allowing transgender students to use the restroom of their identified gender - or in several cases just the opposite. A school district being sued by a parent/parents who are "protecting" their daughter from those terrible transgender people who wish to attack them in the bathroom.

In those cases, the court case will move forward - but the federal government has informed the courts that the current administration feels that the individual states or districts have the right to decide policy without input from the Feds. The case pending for the Supreme Court falls into this group.

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the STATES are NOT the arbiters of civil/human rights, or we would still have black segregation, women would not have the vote etc at least in many southern states, as well as a number of norther midwestern ones.

civil rights have ALWAYS been in the purview of the federal government and the constitution. states are specifically NOT allowed to infringe on those rights as established by the constitution, bill of rights, and other amendments, not to mention just plain laws, which is why we have so many lawsuits against most of these state laws, voter id, trans etc.

And as previously stated, hopefully that court case will end this issue once and for all.

Unfortunately though, I have the feeling it will not. It will simply incite more people as did the Equal Rights moves of some five (5) decades ago. Let's just hope it doesn't take federal troops escorting transgender students to school and into the bathroom to finally put this to rest.

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Very true.

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But confusing. There are two packets of forms, but only one needs to be completed.