The United States Supreme Court’s historic June 15 decision about LGBTQ workers’ rights had its first impact on how courts define sex discrimination at colleges.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit concluded that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the law prohibiting sex discrimination at federally funded institutions, also protects transgender students from discrimination based on their identity, said the court’s Aug. 7 decision, written by Judge Beverly Martin.
“We conclude that Title IX … prohibits discrimination against a person because he is transgender, because this constitutes discrimination based on sex,” Martin wrote.
