As US Department of Ed Withdraws Proposed Title IX Regulations Protecting Transgender Athletes, Republican Controlled Congress Moves to Deny Transgender Athletes Access to Teams

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer, Professor, Sports Media, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu In April of 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) under the Biden Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding Title IX regulations pertaining to discrimination against transgender athletes. In the ensuing weeks of public comment following the NPRM, the USDOE received more than 154,000 comments, some supportive and others opposed (Modan, 2023). After mu