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2. Department of Education investigates New Hampshire school district for letting trans-identified male students in women’s spaces
In a statement published Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced that it had opened an investigation into the Contoocook Valley School District in Peterborough, New Hampshire, over allegations that they violated Title IX by allowing trans-identified male students to use girls’ restrooms and locker rooms.
The Trump administration’s investigation into the school district follows a complaint from the advocacy group Defending Education, which shared emails from the high school principal telling a parent concerned about her daughter having to share a locker room with a trans-identified male student that “If your daughter is uncomfortable utilizing the locker room because of another student’s usage, we can accommodate her by allowing her to change elsewhere, but we cannot require that the other student change in a different location.”
The principal cited state law identifying gender identity as a protected class to justify allowing trans-identified students to use sex-segregated spaces that align with their stated gender identity as opposed to their biological sex. The Education Department Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey vowed that the “administration will always stand up for these students, investigate complaints such as this fully, and enforce Title IX to ensure that women and girls are safe when they are at school.”
“Young women should never feel unsafe or uncomfortable in their intimate spaces because their school leaders care more about gender ideology than protecting girls’ dignity and privacy,” Richey added. “Placing the burden on girls to move out of their own intimate spaces when there is a male present is not just absurd, it also discriminates against girls.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
