“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
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Since its enactment on June 23 1972, Title IX has been essential in creating opportunities for women and members of the LGBTQ community in education, work, and sports. As well as in establishing means of legal accountability for harassment in education and sports.
Title IX applies to a variety of programs, but it has received the most attention for its impact on athletics, especially at the collegiate level, by prohibiting discrimination in federally funded education and providing women’s and men’s programs with the same resources, such as medical treatment, training, practice time, travel, and equipment.
The passage of Title IX also increased female participation to a 1,057 percent more at the high school level and to a 614 percent at the college level.
Attempts to limit Title IX continued until 1979, when the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) issued a final interpretation of Title IX that included equal opportunity for men and women in athletic programs.
Title IX started during the civil rights reforms of the 1960s against different types of discrimination. Billie Jean King, American former world No. 1 tennis player, had worked so hard during the 60s and early 70s setting up campaigns and calling for gender equality in sports. Then, in 1972, she started helping to pass Title IX.
Title IX didn’t only help with giving women and members of the LGBTQ community more chances in sports, but also with decreasing the dropout rate of girls from high school.
While originally drafted to ensure gender equity in academics and sports, its application to the LGBTQ+ community has been heavily debated and went through many updates through presidential administrations and court rulings.
In 2023 the Department of Education proposed a new rule to secure transgender, non-binary, and intersex students right to play school sports free from and discrimination or banning rules.
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