Title IX Won’t Support Discrimination Claim Based on Sexual Preference

Title IX does not create an avenue for student-athletes to sue their university or college if they suffer discrimination because of their sexual preference.   So held a federal magistrate judge in a case involving a female basketball player at North Central College, who sued the school after she was allegedly targeted for harassment because she is a heterosexual.   Plaintiff Danielle Howell filed her original four-count complaint on October 4, 2002, which charged the college and the ot