EQCA - Equality California

06/25/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/25/2025 13:58

Equality California Condemns Department of Education’s ‘Findings’ Targeting Transgender Youth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2025

CONTACT: Jorge Reyes Salinas, Equality California
PHONE: (213) 355-3057/MOBILE: (213) 355-3057/EMAIL: [email protected]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Equality California, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ statewide civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to the Trump Administration's Department of Education announcing that California violated Title IX by allowing transgender youth to participate in school sports:

"The U.S. Department of Education's 'findings' are a dangerous distortion of Title IX and a direct attack on transgender youth in California. Let's be clear: this isn't about fairness in sports and never has been - it's about a federal administration weaponizing civil rights laws to target transgender students and force California to comply with their hateful anti-transgender agenda.

Transgender youth belong in our schools, on our teams, and in our communities - without apology and without exception. California has long led the nation in protecting LGBTQ+ students, and we will not stand by and allow the Department of Education to roll back those longstanding protections based on hate and misinformation.

We call on the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation to reject these demands, and for Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta to stand firm in defending our values and our laws. We will not be bullied into erasing transgender youth from public life - not in California, not anywhere."

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Equality California is the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. We bring the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. We advance civil rights and social justice by inspiring, advocating and mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those we serve. https://www.eqca.org

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