Transgender student brought action against school district and its superintendent for violations of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause for discriminating against student and all transgender female students, based on Indiana statute that prohibited her from participating on girl’s softball team. The State of Indiana intervened. Student moved for preliminary injunction to enjoin enforcement of statute, Indiana and student moved to exclude expert opinions offered by the other, and Indiana filed motion for leave to file brief of amici curiae on behalf of five female athletes.
Equal Rights Advocates
Equal Rights Advocates provides legal resources and assistance to people experiencing sexual harassment in employment and at schools. They have Know Your Rights guides.
DOE 2020 Title IX Sexual Harassment Regulations
Foster v. Board of Regents of University of Michigan, No. 19-1314 (6th Cir. 2020)
Foster v. Board of Regents of University of Michigan
A female student in state university’s off-site executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) program brought action against university, its board of regents, and its dean, alleging that a male student sexually harassed plaintiff, and asserting Title IX claim for gender-based discrimination arising from deliberate indifference to student-on-student sexual harassment. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, granted summary judgment to defendants. Plaintiff appealed. Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded.
It’s On Us
It’s On Us is a movement dedicated to ending campus sexual assaults.
“It’s On Us was founded in September 2014 as an initiative of the Obama-Biden White House. The program launched following recommendations from the White House Task Force to Prevent Sexual Assault that noted the importance of calling everyone into the conversation on sexual assault prevention.”
Know Your Title IX
Know Your Title IX is a movement led by survivors and youth dedicated to empowering students to end sexual and dating violence in schools.
“Founded in 2013, Know Your IX is a survivor- and youth-led project of Advocates for Youth that aims to empower students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools. We envision a world in which all students can pursue their civil right to educations free from violence and harassment. We recognize that gender violence is both a cause of inequity and a consequence of it, and we believe that women, transgender, and gender non-conforming students will not have equality in education or opportunity until the violence ends. We draw upon the civil rights law Title IX as an alternative to the criminal legal system — one that is more just and responsive to the educational, emotional, financial, and stigmatic harms of violence.”
It’s Hard to Ignore a Women Toting a Mattress Everywhere She Goes, Which is Why Emma Sulkowicz Is Still Doing It
Mahroh Jahangiri, Betsy DeVos Met with Men’s Rights Groups About Campus Rape: As A Survivor, I’m Terrified
David C. Yamada, The Employment Law Rights of Student Interns
David C. Yamada, The Employment Law Rights of Student Interns, 35 Conn. L. Rev. 215 (2002).
“Large and growing numbers of post-secondary students are working in internships for little or no pay, often while giving up the legal rights of most employees. This article examines the employment law rights of student interns, especially with regard to minimum wage standards and discrimination law.”
Doe v. Mercy Catholic Medical Center, 850 F.3d 545 (3d Cir. 2017)
Doe v. Mercy Catholic Medical Center, 850 F.3d 545 (3d Cir. 2017).
In this 3rd Circuit decision, the court concludes that an employee may litigate a Title IX discrimination claim independent of or concurrent with a Title VII claim.