WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will roll back Obama Administration-era Title IX guidelines which protected sexual assault survivors on college and university campuses across the nation. This policy decision could harm LGBTQ students who experience higher rates of sexual assault. The Education Secretary announced the start…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has once again refused to affirm that schools that receive funding from the federal government would be held accountable for discriminating against LGBTQ students. DeVos’s statement was an answer to Sen. Jeff Merkley’s question on the issue and came before a subcommittee within the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Her statement immediately follows…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said during a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday that states should have the option to decide whether schools that receive federal dollars can intentionally discriminate against LGBTQ students. Responding to SeVos’ testimonySarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD said, “By turning a blind eye to LGBTQ students who…
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego), ranking member of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, led committee Democrats urging Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to protect transgender students. The letter to DeVos is in response to President Trump’s order rescinding the guidance around protections put in place by President Obama. “Civil rights are at…
NEW YORK – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Betsy DeVos’ nomination for Secretary of Education, despite hundreds of thousands of calls, emails and letters from parents, students and advocates for inclusive public education asking senators to vote no. GLSEN’s Executive Director, Dr. Eliza Byard, issued the following statement in response. “During her confirmation…
After recently meeting with anti-LGBTQ mogul Jerry Falwell Jr. about education issues, Donald Trump has chosen Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. DeVos and her family foundations have donated millions of dollars to extreme, anti-LGBTQ organizations. Some have promoted dangerous, unscientific “conversion therapies” to convert LGBTQ youth and all of them have fought against basic nondiscrimination…
