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Pride flag and trans flag; Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
June will now be "dedicated" to celebrating Title IX, which the government is using to attack trans people.
President Donald Trump's administration announced on Monday that June will be recognized as Title IX Month — not Pride Month.
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"The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) today announced that it is recognizing June as 'Title IX Month' in honor of the fifty-third anniversary of Title IX of the Educational Amendments (1972) being signed into law. June will now be dedicated to commemorating women and celebrating their struggle for, and achievement of, equal educational opportunity," the Department of Education's statement reads. "Throughout the month, the Department will highlight actions taken to reverse the Biden Administration's legacy of undermining Title IX and announce additional actions to protect women in line with the true purpose of Title IX."
The announcement also specified that the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is kicking off the first-ever Title IX Month with two transphobic investigations into the University of Wyoming and Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado over possibly allowing trans women and girls in private women's facilities.
The official page for the department also wrote in an X, formerly Twitter, post: "By prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally funded programs, #TitleIX opened countless athletic & academic opportunities for women & girls across the country. This month, we celebrate Title IX's 53rd anniversary & will take more action to protect women's hard-earned rights."
Related: Biden administration abandons efforts to protect transgender student-athletes from discrimination
News outlets reporting on this update have drawn parallels between this new Title IX Month replacing the long-standing recognition of June as Pride Month. It comes as Trump and his administration have targeted trans women and girls in schools, especially for their participation in school sports.
"The Education Department announced Monday that June, typically known as Pride Month, would be honored as 'Title IX Month' as it works to undo Biden-era transgender protections," The Hill reported.
"Dept of Education labels June as 'Title IX Month' in wake of trans athletes winning girls' competitions," Fox News reported,
Title IX is a federal civil rights law enacted as one of the Education Amendments of 1972. The main function of Title IX is to prohibit discrimination based on sex. The official language of Title IX reads, "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."
Related: Why are Republicans challenging Biden's Title IX rules in court?
A Title IX explainer from Harvard University notes that "Title IX regulations guide how colleges and universities, including Harvard, must respond to sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct through appropriate grievance procedures, supportive measures, and related policies."
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