The Biden administration on Tuesday released a
"back-to-school" video that ensured transgender students
that "discrimination will not be accepted on our watch" and
that the federal government aims to crack down on Republican
states that ban transgender students from girls’ sports and
bathrooms.
In the video, Department of Education Acting Assistant Secretary
for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, Department of Justice Assistant
Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke and Health and
Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, who is transgender,
has their backs.
"The Department of Education and the entire federal government
stand behind you," Goldberg noted in the video.
"We want you to know that we are looking out for you, and we are
here to protect your civil rights," Clarke said in the video. "In some
places, people in positions of authority are putting up obstacles that
would keep you from playing on the sports field, accessing the bathroom
and receiving the supportive and life-saving care you made. We’re here
to say that’s wrong and it’s against the law."
"Discrimination will not be accepted on our watch," she continued.
"Right now were are fighting against laws that tried to ban transgender
athletes in West Virginia and deny healthcare for transgender young
people in Arkansas, and recently federal courts in both states have
blocked those laws from being applied."
Levine said that "discrimination and bullying have no place in our
nation’s schools. We all learn better when we are in safe and welcoming environments."
The video highlights how transgender students can file discrimination
complaints or seek federal assistance.
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia,
South Dakota, Idaho and Montana have already banned transgender
females from competing in girls’ sports in school.
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