Preliminary Injunction Blocking New Title IX Rule Will Remain in Place, Appeals Court Rules

Lawmakers listen as parents speak about the prospect of their children competing against transgender athletes in school sports at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on March 25, 2022. Samuel Metz/AP Photo

An order temporarily blocking the new Title IX rule in multiple states will not be lifted, a federal appeals court ruled on July 17.

The new rules, announced by the Department of Education in April, expand the decades-old Title IX law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools to now include sexual orientation and “gender identity.”