Friday the 13th 30 Pieces of Silver and the Bread of Life

…the spiritual signs seems to tell of someone who may be betrayed soon, for 30 pieces of silver, of course…just like in, I Pet Goat 2, the silver coins, and in the Scriptures as well, the duality of it all…so many of those signs have already been fulfilled.

U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Education

Civil Rights Division Office for Civil Rights

*May 13, 2016*

Dear Colleague:

Schools across the country strive to create and sustain inclusive, supportive, safe, and nondiscriminatory

communities for all students. In recent years, we have received an increasing number of questions from

parents, teachers, principals, and school superintendents about civil rights protections for transgender

students. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and its implementing regulations

prohibit sex discrimination in educational programs and activities operated by recipients of Federal

financial assistance.1

This prohibition encompasses discrimination based on a student’s gender identity,

including discrimination based on a student’s transgender status. This letter summarizes a school’s Title

IX obligations regarding transgender students and explains how the U.S. Department of Education (ED)

and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) evaluate a school’s compliance with these obligations.

ED and DOJ (the Departments) have determined that this letter is significant guidance.

2

This guidance

does not add requirements to applicable law, but provides information and examples to inform

recipients about how the Departments evaluate whether covered entities are complying with their legal

obligations. If you have questions or are interested in commenting on this guidance, please contact ED

at ocr@ed.gov or 800-421-3481 (TDD 800-877-8339); or DOJ at education@usdoj.gov or 877-292-3804

(TTY: 800-514-0383).

Accompanying this letter is a separate document from ED’s Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education, Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students. The

examples in that document are taken from policies that school districts, state education agencies, and

high school athletics associations around the country have adopted to help ensure that transgender

students enjoy a supportive and nondiscriminatory school environment. Schools are encouraged to

consult that document for practical ways to meet Title IX’s requirements.3

Terminology

 Gender identity refers to an individual’s internal sense of gender. A person’s gender identity may

be different from or the same as the person’s sex assigned at birth.

 Sex assigned at birth refers to the sex designation recorded on an infant’s birth certificate

should such a record be provided at birth.

 Transgender describes those individuals whose gender identity is different from the sex they

were assigned at birth. A transgender male is someone who identifies as male but was assigned

the sex of female at birth; a transgender female is someone who identifies as female but was

assigned the sex of male at birth.

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