Feds Probe Smith College Over Transgender Admissions Policy
The complaint says Smith’s policy gives trans women access to dorms, bathrooms and athletic teams, raising questions under Title IX’s single-sex exception.
- On Monday, the US Department of Education launched a Title IX investigation into Smith College, an all-women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts, for admitting transgender women.
- Defending Education, a conservative nonprofit, filed the civil rights complaint prompting the probe, while Smith adapted its admissions policies in 2015 to include transgender and nonbinary applicants.
- Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey stated that "an all-women's college loses all meaning if it is admitting biological males," citing Title IX's single-sex exception.
- Smith College said it is "fully committed to its institutional mission and values, including compliance with civil rights laws" but declined to comment on the pending investigation.
- Shannon Minter, an attorney with the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, called the investigation an "ominous" example of government overreach, arguing the administration is weaponizing anti-discrimination laws.
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Women’s College Faces Federal Inquiry for Admitting Males Identifying as Transgender
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating one of the nation’s largest all-women’s colleges for admitting male students and giving them access to dormitories, restrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams. The department’s Office of Civil Rights opened its investigation into those alleged Title IX violations at Smith College on May 4, federal officials announced. An exception to the 1972 law allows for single-sex student bodies—all-male or al…
President Donald Trump's government opened a civil rights investigation against Smith College to determine whether the admission of transgender students violates federal anti-discrimination laws. The investigation was announced by the Department of Education and marks the first time that the admission policy of a female college falls within the scope of current management.
A women’s college faces a federal investigation over its trans-inclusive admissions
Smith College, one of the largest women’s colleges in the country, has long welcomed transgender men, women and nonbinary people. That policy has also made it the latest target in the Trump administration’s broader push against transgender women’s rights. The U.S. The Department of Education announced on Monday that its Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into the college for its admission of transgender women. The announcement i…
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