The sorority, the court held, had a First Amendment freedom of expressive association right to choose which students to admit (logic that suggests that a sorority would equally be free to exclude transgender members).
Langford had been in the news for joining a sorority, which has caused a good deal of controversy at the University of Wyoming.
The decision came despite the applicant's objection, ten months after the name change, that the change was needed to prevent "potential endangerment and/or discrimination through publicly disclosed record of the transgender applicant."
a Sixth Circuit panel concludes (by a 2-1 vote) in staying an injunction against the law pending appeal.
notwithstanding the First Amendment.
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The Blocked & Reported cohost talks about cancel culture, activism vs. truth, and why he quit Twitter.
Schools are allowed to preserve sex-based restrictions for athletes provided they are "substantially related to the achievement of an important educational objective."
The college swimmer was reportedly forced to barricade herself in a room for three hours.
New bill makes a mockery of parents’ rights, school choice, and educational freedom.
The Ninth Circuit has just decided not to rehear this case, so the panel opinion remains the law.
While inflammatory comments about "gender ideology" abounded at CPAC, the issue is hardly a top priority for Americans in general.
Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.
A former teacher says there are bigger problems in K-12 education than CRT and wokeness—and that school choice may not fix them.
Do the principles of Title IX in sports apply elsewhere?
It prohibits discrimination and mandates segregation.
The social changes that paved the way for gay and trans acceptance have made pedophile acceptance less likely, not more.
"The state is permitted to legislate sports rules on this basis because sex, and the physical characteristics that flow from it, are substantially related to athletic performance and fairness in sports."
Today's scheduled execution is getting attention because she's trans. But the bigger story here is how she was sentenced to die.
It's still the economy, stupid.
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The journalist and comedian makes the case that "new puritans" espousing the religion of social justice have captured the Western world.
Andrew Doyle on the "new puritans" and their godawful religion of social justice.
An interview between President Joe Biden and social media star Dylan Mulvaney offer a lesson in mutual forbearance.
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Under H.B. 6454, prescribing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones would be treated as a more severe form of child abuse than starving or abandoning a kid.
Reason's Zach Weissmueller and the New York Post's Karol Markowicz talk about life under the most controversial governor in America.
Of the over 84,000 public comments available on the proposed Title IX regulations, a third included references to both “sex” and “sports.”
When it comes to gender identity issues, some conservatives make a mockery of liberty and parental rights.
The Christian satire site's editor on defying Twitter bans, flaying Gen Z's super-thin skin, and being funny while pious.
Kyle Mann, the Christian satire site's editor, also talks Biden vs. Trump, and why he saves his deepest burns for mega-pastors like Joel Osteen.
The "British by birth" and "Nigerian by blood" rapper and podcaster thinks Americans don't fully appreciate the freedom they have.
The rapper, podcaster, and author talks about "freedom, liberty, and all of that good stuff."