Title IX
Speech First Is Fighting Back!
On April 29, 2024, Speech First filed a joint lawsuit against the Biden administration’s illegal Title IX regulation, along with Independent Women’s Forum, Parents Defending Education, and the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
This is a pivotal moment in our fight to protect students’ fundamental rights to free expression on college campuses across the country and the principles of free speech that our nation was founded upon.
Biden’s Title IX Rule is the beginning of the end of free speech in America.
Here’s why:
Title IX has brought an end to many injustices since it was enacted almost 50 years ago. However, bureaucrats have expanded the definitions of discrimination and harassment over the years in a way that has been harmful to students on campus.
- It broadens the definition of ‘sex discrimination’ to include ‘sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, and gender identity,’ they are effectively compelling speech and punishing any resistance.”
- Expressing opinions on controversial topics such as transgender ideology or LGBTQ+ rights could be grounds for a Title IX violation.
- It could embolden universities to further restrict and regulate student speech, leading to a chilling effect on campus discourse.
What YOU Can Do:
If you are a student or you know a student who was punished or investigated under Title IX for misgendering or not using someone’s requested pronouns, or for any other form of constitutionally protected speech, tell us your story! The more we know your story the more we can amplify the message in the media and increase public awareness.
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Biden’s New Title IX Rule is the Beginning of the End for Free Speech
he Biden administration just released its 1500-page revision of the Title IX Rule.
Recent Activity
- Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit August 2, 2024
- Administrative Injunction Granted by Eleventh Circuit July 31, 2024
- Northern Alabama’s District Court Decision July 30, 2024
- Declaration of Speech First's Executive Director, Cherise Trump May 8, 2024
- Motion for Preliminary Injunction May 8, 2024
- Press Release April 29, 2024
- Title IX Complaint April 29, 2024
- Speech First Condemns Biden’s Title IX Rule Changes that Chills Free Speech March 6, 2023
- Speech First's Public Comments to Department of Education on Title IX September 9, 2022
- Title IX Coalition Letter to Office for Civil Rights April 4, 2022
- Reviewing Enforcement of Title IX for DOE Public Hearing June 11, 2021
Featured
April 26, 2024
Biden’s New Title IX Rule is the Beginning of the End for Free Speech
April 26, 2026 The Biden administration just released its 1500-page revision of the Title IX Rule. This new Rule makes this administration’s primary goal glaringly obvious: to cram Neo-Marxist gender…
March 10, 2023
Title IX Explainer- What is it and How Does it Threaten our Right to Speech?
September 9, 2022
Speech First’s Public Comments to Department of Education on Title IX
July 21, 2022
VIDEO: Biden Wants to Use Title IX Against Students
July 5, 2022
Biden And Universities Launch Sneak Attack On Free Speech
July 5, 2022 The proposed new Title IX regulations by President Biden’s Department of Education have opened the door for universities to restrict and compel student speech even more than…
March 17, 2023
If Biden Gets His Way, Using Correct Pronouns Could Be A Human Rights Violation
March 17, 2023 Biden’s America is going the way of Canada, and it’s horrible news for anyone who cares about free speech. Read more here at…
In The News
January 17, 2021
Motion for Summary Judgement in Speech First’s Title IX case
August 7, 2020
IWF Podcast on Title IX
SheThinks Podcast
June 26, 2020
Campus civil liberties coalition files petition to defend Title IX free speech
June 26, 2020
Petition to intervene in Title IX litigation – Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al, D. DC.
June 25, 2020
Campus free speech orgs seek to intervene in lawsuit to defend new Title IX regulations
May 19, 2020
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
May 7, 2020
Speech First’s Statement Regarding Title IX
April 9, 2020
TITLE IX LETTER TO ED DEPT
April 9, 2020
SPEECH FIRST & IWLC SEND LETTER TO ED DEPT ON PROPOSED RULES REGARDING TITLE IX
January 18, 2019