Title IX

LGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan

The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under new rules proposed by the Biden administration.

Q&A: Billie Jean King on Title IX’s 50th anniversary

Title IX: NCAA report shows stark gap in funding for women

Title IX: Scurry’s career, law forever linked at Smithsonian

Title IX: Strides for women of color in sports lag under law

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Title IX: Some violations tough to prove in college sports

Arkansas did something rare during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons: It watched its baseball and softball teams reach the NCAA tournament. The similarities end there.

Title IX propelled women from college courts to CEO offices

With the 50th anniversary of Title IX on the horizon, here’s a look at some of the women who played college sports thanks to the law and capitalized on the opportunity off the field.

Title IX: WNBA owner among women athletes running businesses

WNBA co-owner Ginny Gilder says fighting for equal treatment as a rower at Yale 46 years ago radicalized her.

EXPLAINER: What is Title IX and what impact has it had?

Title IX is best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment on campuses.

Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life

Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst and mother of three shares how Title IX has shaped her life and career in a story for The Associated Press, and what needs to be done over the next 50 years for the l

EXPLAINER: Title IX update faces polarized challenges

At least 19 states now either bar or limit participation in sports by transgender athletes, who are at the center of a polarizing, politicized debate, even though only a fraction of them are believed to be among America’s 8.5 million high school and college athletes.

AP Was There: Pre-Title IX ‘dark ages’ for female athetes

By 1974, colleges and universities across the United States were starting to measure the full impact of Title IX, the landmark 1972 law that called for equitable treatment of men and women in programs receiving federal funding.

Title IX: Law ensured balanced cutbacks during pandemic

Title IX compliance is such an omnipresent part of running a college sports program that its significance can often be overlooked.

Title IX creating opportunities for international athletes

MILAN (AP) — For Maria Bulanova, it was a matter of surprise — that she could be recruited to the bowling team at Vanderbilt “all the way from Russia.”

Campus sex assault rules fall short, prompting overhaul call

As many victims of campus sexual assault see it, guidelines put in place to protect them at colleges have a long way to go to fulfill the promise of Title IX.

PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrating the impact of Title IX

The impact of the 1972 Title IX law barring discrimination in educational programs that receive federal aid is vast, but it has been particularly influential in athletics.

Iowa swimmers wondered if Title IX suit was ‘going to work’

Alexa Puccini was just a few days into her freshman year at Iowa, working out with a couple other members of the women’s swimming and diving team.

Men, women split on equity gains since Title IX, poll shows

As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a new poll finds Americans are split on how much progress has come from the landmark women’s rights law.

Title IX: Icons warn of complacency amid law’s success

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some of the giants of women’s basketball say if not for Title IX, doors would not have been open for them to blaze trails to Hall of Fame careers on and off the court, but sound complacency alarms when it comes to the future of the law.

Title IX timeline: 50 years of halting progress across U.S.

A timeline of key events before, during and after the 1972 passage of the landmark U.S. law known as Title IX:

3 women sue Harvard, allege school ignored sexual harassment

Three Harvard University graduate students said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Ivy League school for years ignored complaints about sexual harassment by a renowned professor and allowed him to intimidate students by threatening to hinder their careers.

First openly transgender Olympians are competing in Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — For Quinn, a midfielder for the Canadian women’s soccer team, the opening match of the Tokyo Games carried more emotional weight than their previous Olympic appearances.

Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.

Biden admin extends protections to transgender students

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students.

‘So I raped you.’ Facebook message renews fight for justice

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey (AP) — Shannon Keeler was enjoying a weekend getaway with her boyfriend last year when she checked her Facebook messages for the first time in ages.