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Biden’s Title IX expansion protecting LGBTQ+ students struck down

Thursday 9th January 2025

Judge in Kentucky finds rules overstepped president’s authority and scraps entire 1,500-page regulation

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.

In a decision issued on Thursday, US district judge Danny C Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already been halted in 26 states after a wave of legal challenges by Republican states.

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