Paperback coming of Title IX history
The New Press will release a trade paperback version of 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination.
Title IX rules finalized and evolving
The U.S. Department of Education finalized new Title IX rules that illustrate the ever-evolving ways our society tries to battle sex discrimination in education. It's fair to say that we've made great progress in the last 52 years since Congress…
Proposed Title IX transgender rules delayed
The U.S. Department of Education will delay its proposed Title IX transgender rules until after the 2024 elections, news outlets report. The proposed regulations would prevent broad bans against transgender students participating in athletics, a practice being considered in dozens…
Title IX discussion questions available
If your class or book group would like to talk about the ideas and stories raised in my book 37 Words, I've got some Title IX discussion questions for you! And if you'd like me to Zoom in on the…
Talking Title IX in Maine
Join me for three events this week in the Pine Tree State, where I'll be talking about Title IX in Maine. The Portland Press Herald published a Commentary by me with a preview of some of what I'll say. (And…
Talking Title IX in Concord, N.H.
I'm headed for the New Hampshire state capital to speak at Gibson's Bookstore in Concord on Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. Meet me at 45 South Main Street to discuss Title IX in the Granite State and my book 37…
Bill could fix flaw imposed by Supreme Court on Title IX
A federal bill could repair a flaw imposed by the Supreme Court on Title IX more than 20 years ago that makes it harder to address sexual harassment in education than in employment. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mazie Hirono…
Women’s Equality Day includes education
Women's Equality Day on August 26 includes the struggle for equity in education, which handily illustrates how movements for various aspects of women's rights are never really separate from each other. On that date in 1920, U.S. women won the…
Where are “protectors” of women’s sports now?
The self-designated "protectors" of women's sports who loudly oppose allowing a few transgender girls and women to compete remain oddly silent about practices that unfairly give hundreds of women's playing slots to cisgender men year after year after year. An…
Potential big deal for Title IX lawsuits
A little-noticed legal ruling this week could be a big deal for Title IX lawsuits going forward. If I'm reading this right, colleges and universities could be held accountable not only for cases in which they were deliberately indifferent to…
Confronting child sex trafficking on campus
Child sex trafficking isn't the first thing most people think of when they consider sexual harassment and assault in higher education. But it's more common than you may think. And perpetrators are almost all white, male academics, according to a…
Title IX to cover queer, transgender people
Revisions to Title IX's regulations that are expected to be proposed by the White House in April will affirm explicitly for the first time that Title IX's protections cover queer and transgender people. The regulations' prohibition of sex discrimination in…
Transgender athletes caught between inclusion and competition
Today's debates about transgender athletes competing in elite sports remind me of the early days of Title IX when feminists and everyone else in society were trying to figure out how to include women of any kind in school sports…