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Pride Month 2025: Donald Trump says June will be celebrated as Title IX month – here's what it means
The Trump administration renames June as Title IX Month. This move marks the 53rd anniversary of the law. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in education. The Education Department plans actions to protect women. They will reverse Biden's transgender policies. Investigations are launched at universities.
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June is commonly known as Pride Month, but this is changing under Donald Trump's administration. The United States Department of Education has now designated June as Title IX Month move undermines Pride Month by shifting the federal focus to protecting women's spaces and reversing Biden-era transgender policies in schools and athletics. Controversy has quickly ensued in the aftermath of this Trump administration has officially designated June as " Title IX Month ," marking the 53rd anniversary of the landmark 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education.A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education , released on Monday, June 2, announced that June is set to be a month dedicated to honoring women and celebrating their achievements in the pursuit of equal educational Department would announce further actions to protect women in line with the true purpose of Title IX throughout the month and highlight actions taken to reverse the legacy of undermining Title IX under the Biden Administration, as quoted in a report by report also stated that two "investigations into the University of Wyoming and Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado for allegedly allowing males to join and live in female-only intimate and communal spaces" are being launched by the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as part of the first-ever Title IX Month.'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,' the department's official page also stated in an X of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX, is a federal civil rights law. Title IX's primary purpose is to outlaw sex-based 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."Harvard University's explanation of Title IX states 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," as quoted in a report by to Fox News, "Dept of Education labels June as 'Title IX Month' in wake of trans athletes winning girls' competitions."No, the Department of Education has officially recognized Title IX aims to celebrate women's educational rights while also criticizing Biden's transgender policies.
