1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Harris Funeral Homes: Implications for Gender Identity and Athletics under Title IX August 19, 2019 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Education (ED) has opened an investigation into a
2、 complaint recently filed by several female high school athletes, through their parents, challenging a policy that they allege allows track athletes who identify as female, but remain biologically or hormonally male, to compete in female-only track competitions. The policy as-applied, the complainan
3、ts contend, denies biologically female athletes equal athletic opportunities in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The investigation and complaint tread into novel legal questions, includingas related matterswhether Title IX bars discrimination based on gender iden
4、tity, and how such coverage might interact with claims like the recently filed OCR complaint. How federal courts and agencies like ED address such questions may turn in part on how the Supreme Court resolves several upcoming cases concerning sex discrimination prohibited by another statute, Title VI
