The undoing of Title IX

Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments was passed with the intention of ensuring equal opportunities in education for biological females. It has been applied in numerous contexts, from increased allocation of funds to women's athletics to allowing women to have housing and dormitories that are comparable in quality to those provided to male students. Title IX addressed an important need; the unequal treatment of biological female students in relation to the treatment of biological male students.

However, the entire purpose and effect of Title IX may have just been nullified by a recent federal court decision which held that the definition of "sex" is "susceptible to more than one plausible reading." The court declared that the relevant statute which says that schools "may provide separate toilet, locker room, and shower facilities on the basis of sex" is "ambiguous" and could be read to encompass biological males that identify as females.