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Public Opposition Mounts As Media Accounts Spotlight Transgender Tragedies

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Contact: Rebecca Hain

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Public Opposition Mounts As Media Accounts Spotlight Transgender Tragedies

February 14, 2024 – Abandoned by her birth-mother at an early age, Jennifer Kolstad had experienced a variety of mental health problems. After she began to identify as a boy at age 13, her parents cautioned that she was too young to make such a life-altering decision. When her parents refused to approve gender-transitioning procedures, the Montana CPS forcibly removed her from the family home (1).

Most Americans favor laws that protect adult transgender persons from discriminatory policies in jobs and housing (2). But driven by federal policy (3), transgender “horror-stories” such as the Montana case are serving to bolster public opposition to these practices.

A 2021 Gallup poll found that 62% of Americans believed that transgender athletes should be allowed to play only on teams that matched their birth sex. When the same poll was repeated in 2023, the percentage of Americans supporting such bans had increased to 69%. (4)

Five other national surveys conducted in 2023 reveal consistent opposition to transgender policies:

Deseret News/HarrisX (5): 55% of respondents support banning gender hormone therapy on minors, and 61% want to prohibit surgical interventions to change a child’s sex.

Summit Ministries (6): 77% of voters believe that allowing males who identify as female to compete against biological women in college female sports has been harmful to women’s sports.

CRC Research and Parents Defending Education (7): 74% of registered voters believe that schools should not be allowed to help students change their gender identity without parental consent.

Scripps News/You Gov (8):

  • 54% of Americans support a federal ban on transgender females competing in school athletics.
  • 44% say they want “laws that would restrict and, or ban transgender care for minors, even with parents’ consent,” while 34% oppose such measures.

KFF/Washington Post (9):

  • 57% of American adults believe a person’s gender is based on their biological sex at birth.
  • 67% do not think that biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports competitions at the high school level.
  • 65% don’t believe that biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s athletics in college or professionally.
  • 77% of American adults believe it is inappropriate for teachers to discuss their transgender identities with students in kindergarten to third grade.

Since 2022, 15 national polls have been conducted on a variety of transgender-related issues, revealing a national consensus against so-called “gender affirming” policies for children and youth (10).  Lawmakers who support such policies are likely to face a negative response from voters during the upcoming November elections.

Citations:

  1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13021149/montana-family-loses-custody-teen-daughter-gender-transition.html
  2. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/
  3. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01761/preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-the-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation
  4. https://news.gallup.com/poll/507023/say-birth-gender-dictate-sports-participation.aspx
  5. https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/18/23548597/transgender-issues-in-schools-and-states-new-poll
  6. https://www.summit.org/about/press/poll-nearly-80-percent-say-womens-sports-harmed-by-allowing-transgender-competitors/
  7. https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/most-us-voters-support-parental-consent-in-school-gender-identity-policies-study-shows-parents-defending-education-pde-crc-research-parent-rights
  8. https://www.10news.com/scripps-news-poll-americans-largely-support-restricting-trans-rights
  9. https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/majority-of-americans-believe-gender-determined-at-birth-against-biological-males-in-womens-sports/
  10. https://www.saveservices.org/2024/02/public-opinion-polls-reveal-growing-public-opposition-to-policies-driven-by-gender-agenda/
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63 Organizations Urge Congress to Halt the Weaponization of Title IX

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63 Organizations Urge Congress to Halt the Weaponization of Title IX

WASHINGTON / January 26, 2023 – Sixty-three leading organizations today are calling on Congress to take strong measures to stop the proposed overhaul of Title IX, the law that was designed to curb sex discrimination in schools. On June 23, 2022 the Department of Education proposed a new Title IX regulation that would redefine the meaning of “sex,” limit free speech, and hobble due process protections (1).

The letter notes that Title IX activists also are seeking to “marginalize the role of parents, promote gender transitioning among minors, make a mockery of fairness in women’s sports, and curtail free speech and due process.”

The letter urges Congress to therefore undertake the following actions:

  1. Pursuant to H. Res 12, SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, investigate how the U.S. Department of Education has collaborated with private sector and non-profit entities to alter the regulatory definitions of “sex” and “sexual harassment,” with the aim of changing the foundational legal definition of “sex” and infringing on First Amendment free speech rights.
  2. Reduce the appropriations to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) by $25 million.
  3. Conduct hearings on experimental medical practices involving gender transition of under-age children, e.g., puberty blocking drugs, opposite-sex hormones, breast removal, and castration.
  4. Vigorously oppose passage of the Students’ Access to Freedom and Educational Rights (SAFER) Act, introduced in December 2022.
  5. Oppose legislation that seeks to expand definitions of “sexual harassment,” promote “trauma-informed” investigations, or seek to weaken free speech, due process, or the presumption of innocence.
  6. Work for the passage of the following legislation:
    1. Parents Bill of Rights Act
    2. Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
    3. Campus Free Speech Restoration Act
    4. Campus Equality, Fairness, and Transparency Act

A SAVE public opinion poll reveals strong public support for these actions (2).

The 63 organizations are members of the Title IX Network (3). The letter to Congress can be viewed online (4).

Links:

  1. https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-releases-proposed-changes-title-ix-regulations-invites-public-comment
  2. https://www.saveservices.org/2022/06/63-of-americans-oppose-expanding-definition-of-sex-to-include-gender-identity/
  3. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-Policy/
  4. https://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Letter-to-Stop-Weaponization-of-Title-IX-Jan.-26.pdf
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63% of Americans Oppose Expanding Definition of Sex to Include ‘Gender Identity’

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63% of Americans Oppose Expanding Definition of Sex to Include ‘Gender Identity’

WASHINGTON / June 6, 2022 –  A new survey reveals that nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the Department of Education’s plan to expand its long-standing definition of sex to include “gender identity” (1). The national survey, conducted for SAVE by YouGov, also shows that strong majorities of Americans reject other proposed changes to Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in schools.

Following are respondents’ responses to the six survey questions, among those who offered an opinion:

  1. Definition of Sex:
  • Keep traditional biological definition: 63%
  • Expand the definition to include “sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity:” 37%
  1. Transgender Participation in Women’s Sports:
  • Allow: 29%
  • Not allow: 71%
  1. Parental Consent Prior to School Counseling about Gender Dysphoria:
  • Require parental consent prior to counseling: 61%
  • Not require parental consent: 39%
  1. Parental Opt-out for Children’s Participation in Sex Education Classes:
  • Allow parental opt-out: 69%
  • Not allow parental opt-out: 31%
  1. Presumption of Innocence or Guilt for College Disciplinary Hearings:
  • Presumption of innocence: 87%
  • Presumption of guilt: 13%
  1. Definition of Sexual Harassment:
  • Retain current definition to protect free speech: Conduct that is “so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive, and that so undermines and detracts from the victims’ educational experience that the victim-students are effectively denied equal access to an institution’s resources and opportunities:” 57%
  • Expand the current definition to discourage persons from saying things that may be unwelcome or upsetting: 43%

Overall, males and females gave similar responses, with the exception of Question 6. While 66% of males preferred to retain the current definition of sexual harassment, 53% of females indicated a preference to expand the definition of sexual harassment to discourage statements that may be unwelcome or upsetting.

For all six questions, 17-24% of all persons responded, “No opinion/Don’t know.” The “No opinion/Don’t know” responses were excluded from the results presented above. The full survey results and cross-tabulations can be viewed online (2).

All data are from YouGov Plc.  Total sample size was 2,566 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between May 31 to June 2, 2022.  The survey was conducted online. The data have been weighted and are representative of all U.S. adults (ages 18+). Response options were randomly switched to minimize primacy-recency effects.

Nearly 90 groups have expressed opposition to the draft Title IX regulation (3), which is expected to be issued later in June. SAVE urges concerned persons to speak out to assure the upcoming Title IX regulation conforms to the opinions of a majority of Americans.

Contact Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, telephone (202) 401-3000; fax (202) 260-7867; email ocr@ed.gov.

Links:

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/30/transgender-discrimination-title-ix-rule-students/
  2. https://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/YouGov-Survey-Results-Title-IX-22-6.3.2022.xlsx
  3. https://www.saveservices.org/camp/weaponization/
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88 Groups Call on Dept. of Education to Cancel Plans for New Title IX Regulation

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88 Groups Call on Dept. of Education to Cancel Plans for New Title IX Regulation

WASHINGTON / May 17, 2022 – Today, a diverse coalition of 88 groups is announcing its opposition to the proposal of the U.S. Department of Education to release a new Title IX regulation. The concerns of coalition members revolve around four issues: campus due process, free speech, parental rights, and women’s sports.

The 88 groups represent a broad diversity in terms of mission, geographic location, and ideological leaning. The groups include Attorneys General offices, Title IX law firms, national policy organizations, grass-roots parental rights groups, and others.

The following groups have expressed their opposition to the upcoming regulation:

15 Attorneys General Offices (1):

Attorneys General in Montana, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.

9 Leading Title IX Law Firms (2):

Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP; Rosenberg & Ball Co., LPA; Binnall Law Group; Friedman & Nemecek, LLC; Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC; Law Offices of Scott J. Limmer; Agee, Owens & Cooper, LLC; Sammons Law; and Tin Fulton Walker & Owen.

26 Organizations in the Title IX Coalition (3):

Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, America First Legal Foundation, America First Policy Institute, American Civil Rights Project, Center for Equal Opportunity, Child and Parental Rights Campaign, Christian Legal Society, Eagle Forum, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Family Research Council, First Liberty, Heritage Foundation, Heritage Action for America, Independent Women’s Forum, Independent Women’s Law Center, Independent Women’s Voice, Keystone Policy, Moms for Liberty, Mountain States Legal Foundation, No Left Turn in Education, Parents Defending Education, Parents Unite, Southeastern Legal Foundation, Speech First, and Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.

27 Parental Rights Groups (4):

Parents Defending Education, American Education Advocates, Army of Parents, Inc., Awake Illinois, Chinese American Citizen Alliance of Greater New York, California Foundation for Equal Rights, Child Protection League, Citizens for Brandywine School District, Concerned Parents of Round Rock (Texas) ISD, Fight for Schools, Fishers One, Louisiana Save Our Schools, Mequon-Thiensville Restore (Wisconsin), Moms for Liberty, New Trier Neighbors (Illinois), No Left Turn in Education, Ohio Values Voters, Oregonians for Liberty in Education, Parents Unite, Parents Union, Protect Ohio Children, Protect Our Kids Now, Push Back Idaho, Save Oregon Schools, Truth in Education, Utah Parents United, and West Valley (Arizona) Parents Uniting.

11 Other Organizations (5):

SAVE, Families Advocating for Campus Equality, National Association of Scholars; FAIR Energy Foundation, Center for Military Readiness, American Principles Project, National Coalition for Men Carolinas, Family Policy Alliance, Family Research Council, LifeSite, and Women’s Liberation Front.

In addition, 82 leading professors, attorneys, and others have endorsed a petition that calls on the Department of Education to “immediately suspend all plans to issue a new Title IX regulation due to the Department’s inability to provide a sound explanation why the 2020 regulation requires revision.” (6)

Persons are invited to contact Secretary Miguel Cardona and urge that the Department of Education immediately cancel plans to issue a new Title IX regulation. Telephone (202) 401-3000; fax (202) 260-7867; email ocr@ed.gov.

Links:

  1. https://media.dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Title-IX-Coalition-Letter-4.5.22.pdf
  2. https://www.saveservices.org/camp/weaponization/
  3. https://dfipolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Title-IX-Coalition-Letter-to-OCR-04.04.2022.pdf
  4. https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Title-IX-coalition-letter-4-26-22.pdf
  5. https://www.saveservices.org/camp/weaponization/
  6. http://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Stop-the-Weaponization-of-Title-IX-Resolution-5-2-22.pdf
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Double Jeopardy: SAVE Calls on College Administrators to Assure Due Process Protections for Black Students in Title IX Proceedings

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Double Jeopardy: SAVE Calls on College Administrators to Assure Due Process Protections for Black Students in Title IX Proceedings

WASHINGTON / July 28, 2020 – SAVE recently released a study that shows black male students face a type of “double jeopardy” by virtue of being male and black. (1) Analyses show although black male students are far outnumbered on college campuses, they are four times more likely than white students to file lawsuits alleging their rights were violated in Title IX proceedings (2), and at one university OCR investigated for racial discrimination, black male students were accused of 50% of the sexual violence reported to the university yet they comprised only 4.2% of the student population. (3)

In 2015, Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley raised an alarm to the U.S. Senate HELP committee that, “the rate of complaints and sanctions against male students of color is unreasonably high.” (4) She advised school administrators to, “not only to secure sex equality but also to be on the lookout for racial bias and racially disproportionate impact and for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity – not only against complainants but also against the accused.” (5)

Her powerful words were ignored. Over the past 5 years numerous black males have been caught up in campus Title IX proceedings. Their lawsuits often claim a lack of due process in the procedures.

Grant Neal, a black student athlete, was suspended by Colorado State University – Pueblo for a rape his white partner denied ever happened. (6) Two black males students accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student recently settled a lawsuit against University of Findlay for racial, gender and ethnic discrimination. (7) Nikki Yovino was sentenced to a year in prison for making false rape accusations against two black Sacred Heart University football players whose lives were ruined by her accusations. (8) These are just a few examples.

Wheaton College in suburban Chicago, a major stop along the Underground Railroad, recently dismissed Chaplain Tim Blackmon, its first nonwhite chaplain in its 155-year history. Blackmon claims Wheaton’s Title IX office failed to investigate a previous Title IX complaint against him in a “clear misuse of the Title IX investigative process,” and he was “completely blind-sided by this Title IX investigation.” Blackmon’s attorney believes the professor’s race heavily factored into his firing, and that Wheaton was looking for an excuse to sever its relationship with its first African American chaplain and return to being a predominantly white educational institution. (9)

The impact to black male students and faculty could be even greater than any data or media reports imply since only those who can afford a costly litigation file lawsuits and make the news. More data is needed, but anecdotally black males are disproportionately harmed in campus Title IX proceedings.

SAVE recently spoke with Republican and Democrat offices in the House and Senate regarding this issue. Virtually all staffers agreed members of Congress are concerned about harm to black students and supportive of ways to offer protections to all students, including those of color.

The new Title IX regulation offers necessary due process protections that black students need. By complying with the regulation, college administrators will protect the rights of all students and address the serious problem that black men are accused and punished at unreasonably high rates. At a time when activists on college campuses are clamoring that Black Lives Matter, college administrators should assure they are doing everything they can to help their black students.

Citations:

  1. http://www.saveservices.org/2020/07/why-are-some-members-of-congress-opposing-due-process-protections-for-black-male-students/
  2. https://www.titleixforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Plaintiff-Demographics-by-Race-and-Sex-Title-IX-Lawsuits-2020-7-6.pdf
  3. https://reason.com/2017/09/14/we-need-to-talk-about-black-students-bei/
  4. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg95801/pdf/CHRG-114shrg95801.pdf
  5. https://harvardlawreview.org/2015/02/trading-the-megaphone-for-the-gavel-in-title-ix-enforcement-2/
  6. https://www.thecollegefix.com/athlete-accused-rape-colorado-state-not-sex-partner-getting-paid-drop-lawsuit/
  7. https://pulse.findlay.edu/2019/around-campus/university-of-findlay-settles-sexual-assault-case/
  8. https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Yovino-sentenced-to-1-year-in-false-rape-case-13177363.php
  9. http://www.saveservices.org/2020/07/black-immigrant-chaplain-claims-christian-college-used-bogus-title-ix-investigation-to-fire-hi

 

SAVE is leading the policy movement for fairness and due process on campus: http://www.saveservices.org/