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Title Ix’S Protections For Transgender Student Athletes, Scott Skinner-Thompson, Ilona M. Turner
Title Ix’S Protections For Transgender Student Athletes, Scott Skinner-Thompson, Ilona M. Turner
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This article examines legal authority and policy to determine whether transgender students in K-12 schools must be permitted to participate in athletics according to their gender identity, and without any requirement for medical intervention. The articles concludes that such a policy is consistent with legal authority under Title IX and Title VII and, more importantly, best advances the well-being of already vulnerable transgender youth by helping to incorporate and include such students in activities that are critical to physical, social, mental, emotional development, and health.
Part II of this article briefly details the history of Title IX with respect to …