Title IX

Title IX does not explicitly protect the right of biologically male transgender people to identify as women.

A 2025 class-action lawsuit alleges that USA Fencing previously maintained a policy requiring males to complete one year of testosterone‑suppression treatment before competing in the women's category and that USA Fencing did not implement systems to monitor or verify compliance with that requirement.

Under Title IX processes, school districts may investigate alleged sexual harassment and, if students are found responsible, impose disciplinary measures such as suspension and notation of harassment on student records.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex-based discrimination in education.

Title IX's protections extend to access to school facilities, requiring schools that receive federal funding to avoid sex-based discrimination in restrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities.

Title IX, enacted by Congress in 1972, prohibits discrimination "on the basis of sex."

Title IX is frequently invoked in policy debates and enforcement actions about whether students may participate in school sports based on sex or gender.

The U.S. Department of Education enforces Title IX and can determine that state education policies violate Title IX, which can lead to requirements for states to amend those policies.

Title IX is a U.S. federal civil rights law that requires recipients of federal financial assistance to prohibit sex discrimination in educational programs and activities, and failure to comply can jeopardize federal funding.

Title IX is a U.S. federal law that forbids discrimination based on sex in education.

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act incorporates Title IX's prohibition against discrimination "on the basis of sex" into federal healthcare nondiscrimination protections.

Titles VI and IX of federal civil-rights law prohibit educational institutions that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex.

Title IX, the U.S. federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, does not explicitly provide that biologically male transgender individuals have a statutory right to be treated as women for purposes of participation in women's sports.

U.S. federal courts have evaluated state laws that bar transgender athletes from competing in women's sports under both Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Title IX is invoked in legal disputes concerning the protection of women's sports and questions about the law's national enforcement.