Title IX

The NCAA has changed its participation policy for transgender athletes, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes assigned female at birth. The change came on day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The NCAA’s revised policy permits athletes assigned male at birth to practice with women’s teams and receive benefits such as medical care while practicing. The policy is effective immediately and applies to all athletes regardless of previous eligibility reviews.

Advocates said they are afraid of how the results of state and national races will affect access to reproductive care. Organizers expect more attacks on reproductive rights in the near future.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students.

Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination as the the rules are challenged in federal court.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed on to a letter pushing back against the U.S. Department of Educations proposed rule to include transgender girls under Title IX protections. That's despite vetoing Indiana's transgender girls sports ban last year.

MeToo Purdue held a rally Friday, calling for the resignation of campus leaders found guilty of retaliating against students who came forward with sexual assault allegations.

More than 20 Republican attorneys general, including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden's administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The order requires John R. Wooden Middle School in Martinsville to allow the seventh-grader identified only as A.C. to have access to the restroom while litigation continues.

The new rules revamp and clarify policies focused on when and how schools handle claims of sexual harassment or assault on campus.

The university opened the investigation into Associate Professor Ian Samuel in November.