This is what Columbia and Brown have signed onto. It is the 7/29/2025 Trump/Bondi DoJ memo instructing all federal agencies as to the policies recepients must follow. https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1409486/dl 1/ #LawFedi
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To give a feel for the doublespeak. the opening::
"One of our Nation's bedrock principles is that all Americans must be treated equally. Not only is discrimination based on protected characteristics illegal under federal law, but it is also dangerous, demeaning, and immoral. Yet in recent years, the federal government has turned a blind eye toward, or even encouraged, various discriminatory practices, seemingly because of their purportedly benign labels, objectives, or intentions. No longer." 2/
The agreements with Columbia and Brown include substantive provisions identical to the content of the guidance. For example: "Importance of Sex-separated Intimate Spaces and Athletic Competitions: Compelling employees to share intimate spaces with the opposite sex or allowing men to compete in women's athletic competitions would typically be unlawful." 3/
@heidilifeldman
Like for instance the (Miss) Teen USA dressing room?
Throughout the guidance, language that is facially neutral is obviously aimed at protecting white men. Even more clear is the specific, virulent hostility to trans people. For example.... 4/
"While compelled segregation is generally impermissible, failing to maintain sex-separated athletic violate federal law. Federally funded institutions that allow males, including those self-identifuing as "women," to access single-sex spaces designed for females-such as bathrooms, showers, locker rooms, or dormitories-undermine the privacy, safety, and equal opportunity of women and girls." 5/...
... "Likewise, permitting males to compete in women's athletic events almost invariably denies women equal opportunity by eroding competitive fairness." 6/
Provision after provision dismantles any program that ever uses race or gender in any way when allocating resources -- except of course when it comes to "sex separation." 7/
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