[20200812]LSB10531_第九篇对变性运动员的申请：最近的事态发展.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Title IXs Application to Transgender Athletes: Recent Developments Updated August 12, 2020 On May 15, 2020, the Department of Educations (EDs) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Letter of Impending Enforcement Action (Enforcement Letter) to the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) and various public school districts within Connecticut. OCR determined that CIACs policy of allowing transgender girls (individuals assigned a male sex at birth but identifying as female) to compete on female athletic teams discriminates against women in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX). Unless the CIAC and school districts come into compliance (such as through a resolution agreement with the agency), OCR stated that it will either suspend financial assistance to them or refer the matter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for judicial proceedings. This dispute reflects broad disagreement over how Title IX should apply to transgender athletes, an issue that is also being litigated in the federal courts. Recently, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia,