The Moms for Liberty nonprofit organization is suing the Biden administration over its controversial overhaul of Title IX.
Last month, the Biden administration expanded the definition of sex to include claimed gender identities, a move decried by a variety of conservative groups. Moms for Liberty joined the legion of states and groups suing the administration over the overhaul on Tuesday.
“Parental rights do not end at the classroom door,” Moms for Liberty co-founders Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich said in a statement. “Every parent in America is about to see biological boys on girls’ sports teams and in girls’ locker rooms; and gender identity and sexual orientation will be taught in every classroom across America, whether parents like it or not. They won’t have a choice. Private conversations will happen between school officials and minor school children about changing their gender, and if parents try to fight back they will be the ones in the wrong.”
“This is a huge shift in policy that effectively mandates gender ideology in schools,” they added. “It is outrageous. Our children GO to public school. They do not BELONG to public school. That is something we will never stop fighting to prove, even if it means going toe-to-toe against the heavy-handed ‘gender identity’ mandates from the Biden Administration.”
Southeastern Legal Foundation’s Kimberly Hermann, counsel for Moms for Liberty, decried the Title IX reform as a “blatant” First Amendment violation.
The lawsuit contains four examples of concerned students and mothers who have been affected by the policy change.
The lawsuit was filed alongside Kansas, Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, and Young America’s Foundation.
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Last month, Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho, and Montana banded together in a single lawsuit, partnering with education advocacy group Defense of Freedom Institute; Texas, along with conservative law firm America First Legal, filed a separate lawsuit.
The Title IX rule change is set to take effect on Aug. 1, but many states and education leaders have already taken steps to ensure it is not implemented. As the Washington Examiner reported, education leaders in at least four states have directed districts to hold off on implementation.
