LGBTQ legal advocacy groups are sounding the alarm after 20 conservative or conservative-leaning states sued the Biden administration for executive actions intended to combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The suit, led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R), was filed August 30 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
It specifically challenges legal interpretations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Education.
As the Bay Area Reporter reported in June, the education department made a decision to interpret the Civil Rights Act's Title IX as protecting students from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation