The U.S. departments of Justice and Education recently rescinded Obama-era guidance on the rights of transgender students, lifting federal enforcement of a policy that required schools to:
- Allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity, even if it differs from their biological sex;
- Use students’ preferred pronouns and names on school forms;
- Keep students’ transgender status private unless they wish to disclose it; and
- Honor a student’s gender identity in assigning them to sex-segregated classes and activities.
I recently discussed the issue on the Education Writers Association’s EWA Radio podcast. Check out the episode below.
For more on the issue, check out these related Education Week stories or explore our video gallery on the transgender student experience.
- Both Sides Urge Supreme Court to Decide Transgender Case Despite Trump Move
- Attention Turns to Courts in Battle Over Transgender-Student Rights
- Supreme Court Asks Parties’ Views on Trump Shift in Transgender Policy
- Trump Administration Rescinds Transgender-Student Guidance
- Many Schools Already Accommodate Transgender Students
- Obama Admin. to Schools: No Restrictions on Transgender Restroom Access