The Biden administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2024 to extend protections to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
The sources consistently show that the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule expanded sex discrimination protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, and the claim's wording matches the post's own statement. Sources also show the rule was later vacated and formally rescinded, which does not change the 2024 rewrite claim.
What was said
… Among other things, the regulations that he changed narrowed what kinds of sexual harassment schools were required to address under Title Nine, and also strengthened procedural protections for students who were accused of misconduct. The Biden administration rewrote those rules again in 2024. Those Biden rules broadened protections against sex discrimination to include explicitly extending those protections to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and changed how schools could handle sexual harassment complaints. But those rules then got tied up in lawsuits, and in January of 2025, a federal judge struck them down nationwide. …
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Supports. AP reported in April 2024 that the Biden administration finalized revised Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students, as part of a revised regulation issued by the Education Department.[1]
Supports. The Congressional Research Service states that in 2024 the Education Department updated its Title IX regulations to define sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.[3]
Supports. Reuters reported in August 2024 that the federal regulation protecting LGBT students from gender-identity discrimination had been unveiled in April and was blocked in 26 states during litigation.[2]
Supports. The Department of Education's 2026 fact sheet says the Biden administration in 2024 rewrote Title IX regulations, expanding them to cover discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and that a federal court vacated the rule in January 2025.[4]
Context. Education Week and Akerman both report that the 2024 rule expanded sex discrimination to sexual orientation and gender identity and that the Department formally rescinded it in September 2026, with the 2020 rules reinstated.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Biden administration rule protecting LGBT students blocked in 26 statesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause - Congress.govcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Fact Sheet: Restoring Title IX Protections for Women and Girlsed.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Ed. Dept. Officially Kills Biden Rule That Added LGBTQ+ ...edweek.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6The U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinded the 2024 ...akerman.com · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- The Trump administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2020 to narrow the scope of sexual harassment schools were required to address and strengthen procedural protections for accused students.True
- A federal judge struck down the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rules nationwide in January 2025.True
- The Trump administration formally reinstated Title IX regulations created during Trump's first term on September 28, 2026.True