• According to a Department of Education (ED) webinar obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, the Justice Department is “using ligatures” to overturn state laws banning gender reassignment procedures for minors, senior government officials said. rice field.
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• “I would like to briefly mention another front line, which concerns gender-affirming care for transgender children. Across the country, we find states that have criminalized access to gender-affirming care, and Alabama has been implicated in many of those cases. I’m here. [and] Arkansas,” Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark said during the webinar.

According to a Department of Education (ED) webinar obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it was using its resources to repeal state laws banning gender reassignment procedures for minors.

EDs hold Presentation entitled “”Building Inclusive and Non-Discriminatory School Environments for LGBTQI+ Students”, held June 21, with a panel of officials from the ED Office for Civil Rights, the Department of Justice and the Department of Human Health Services (HHS) and discussed how to build the school environment. a more “inclusive” environment within the school, According to a video taken by parent rights group Higher Ground and provided to the DCNF. During a panel discussion, Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark said the Department of Justice has been involved in lawsuits in states such as Arkansas and Alabama where minors cannot access gender reassignment procedures or treatment. said. (Related article: ‘Radical’: Parent advocacy groups warn of Biden DOJ and FBI merging with LGBT activist groups)

“I would like to briefly mention another front line, and that has to do with gender-affirming care for transgender children,” Clark said. “Unfortunately, states across the country have now adopted laws that limit or prohibit access to gender-affirming care. We’re discovering states that are in crisis, and Alabama has been implicated in many of those cases. [and] It’s Arkansas. ”

Some states, including Indiana, Florida, and Oklahoma, have banned minors from undergoing gender reassignment procedures. Clark noted that the Justice Department is also using resources to help school districts require educators to use preferred pronouns and names for transgender students.

“At the Justice Department, we’ve been busy in court and fighting back with real-life litigation to stand up for children, parents, teachers and health care providers who face discrimination and harassment,” Clark said. rice field.

“In Indiana, we recently took several steps to protect a school’s decision to require employees to use names and pronouns that match the identity of transgender students,” Clark said. Told. “The school tried to do the right thing here, but it was facing resistance from the district, and we stood up for this school to do the right thing.”

According to Clark, the Department of Justice has raised concerns on behalf of 11-year-old Becky Pepper Jackson, the biological male who sued the West Virginia Board of Education to allow her to compete on the women’s cross-country team. He said he submitted a statement. In January, a West Virginia judge ruled in favor of a state law requiring athletes to participate in sports based on their biological sex rather than their gender identity.

The assistant attorney general added that the Justice Department is involved in the lawsuit on behalf of a teacher who lost her job as an LGBTQ activist.

Catherine Lamon, the ED’s assistant secretary for civil rights, said the agency was recently embroiled in a case after a school district told a 5-year-old boy he couldn’t wear earrings because it violated the dress code. And the accessories were for girls. After OCR intervened, the school district changed its entire dress code to ensure it wasn’t operating on “gender stereotypes.”

Department of Health and Human Services Rachel Levin promotes dismembering children during this happy Pride Month

“Gender-affirming care is medically necessary, safe and effective for transgender and nonbinary youth and adolescents.”https://t.co/lEvtOK6GYz via @YouTube

— Higher Ground (@highergroundUT) June 27, 2023

Clark also noted that the Justice Department is working with the FBI to fight violent “hate crimes” against the LGBTQ community. This includes a case in which a man threatened a doctor who was recommending gender reassignment surgery to minors.

“This is the dark side of this conversation, but it’s important that people speak up and speak up when they’re being targeted or when they identify hate crimes in their communities,” Clark said. said. “We rely on the FBI and their expertise to do this job, so I think reporting hate crimes to the FBI is a very important part of this conversation.”

The Justice Department and ED OCR did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.

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