Since 1972, Title IX has prohibited "discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance" on the basis of sex.

While the White House has attempted to extend this protection to gender identity, the Supreme Court just blocked that effort. 

Justices allow injunctions blocking Title XI changes from taking effect

According to The Hill, Republican attorneys general from multiple states have filed lawsuits seeking to prevent the change from going into effect.

Many of them have obtained injunctions which now cover approximately half the country, prompting the Biden administration to ask that they be narrowed in scope.

Yet in a five to four ruling put out on Friday, America's highest judicial body ruled that the injunctions can remain in effect while the various cases are being litigated.

"On this limited record and in its emergency applications, the Government has not provided this Court a sufficient basis to disturb the lower courts' interim conclusions that the three provisions found likely to be unlawful are intertwined with and affect other provisions of the rule," the Supreme Court's unsigned order read.

California Democrats says that "Congress needs more radical homosexuals"

Meanwhile, The Hill noted how the Supreme Court's ruling came the same day California Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia declared that "Congress needs more radical homosexuals."

That comment was made during an interview with the website LGBTQ Nation, and it was followed by warnings of "a really dangerous moment for the community."

"Which is why we need to be very honest and focused on pushing really hard, winning the White House, on flipping the house and making sure that we do everything we can organize in these states," Garcia insisted.

"I'm proud and openly queer, and we have ten members of Congress that are gay — we need a lot more," he continued.

Garcia spoke of what he saw as a need for lawmakers "to talk about trans rights, health care, and the attacks on our community, and be proudly open while doing it."

Poll shows falling support for transgender issues

However, the results of a survey conducted last year by Gallup suggests that such an approach may not resonate with most voters.

The poll found that 69% of Americans believe athletes should only be allowed to compete against those who share their same biological sex, up from 62% who said the same in 2021.

What's more, the survey also concluded that 55% of Americans believe changing one's gender is morally wrong, a four-point increase from two years prior.