LGBT Bar Condemns Anti-Trans Actions
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National LGBT Bar Association – the country’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and allied legal professionals – vehemently condemns the anti-transgender actions taken by the Trump Administration. 
 
Today, the Departments of Education and Justice issued a letter rolling back the guidelines put in place by the Obama Administration that serve to protect transgender students in public spaces under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act. The withdrawal of these protections creates an unsafe environment for transgender students and allows for discrimination in our public institutions.  

 “The rollback of these protections is about more than using the restroom. Stripping away Title IX protections from transgender students sends a message that they are less valued than their cisgender counterparts," said D’Arcy Kemnitz, executive director of the LGBT Bar. "Children are guaranteed the right to a public education in this country. Forcing a transgender student to use public facilities not in line with their gender identity not only threatens their right to an education, but puts them at risk for very real physical harm. The LGBT Bar unequivocally condemns these actions by the Trump Administration and calls for an immediate reversal of this decision."

The LGBT Bar remains dedicated to ensuring that all members of the LGBT community receive protections under the law. As an especially vulnerable section of the community, transgender students must be provided with the opportunity to live authentically in public spaces. 

The National LGBT Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal organizations. The association promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity.