Title IX is Harming Transgender Youth: Here’s What We Can Do
If our youth don’t feel safe in our society, then what kind of society are we? According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, suicide rates and tendencies for TGNC youth are at an all time
I Stayed Silent Because Black Girls and Women Like Me Aren’t Listened To
Black and white women have different lived experiences even when we face the same violence on and off campus. [TW: this essay contains mentions of rape.] “The Senate confirms Judge Brett Kavanaugh.” My Uber driver read his CNN text alert aloud and made this unsolicited announcement
The Trump Administration Is Siding With Rapists
Trump's plan to erase the Obama administration’s policies will support a system that will continue to inflict trauma and will perpetuate the informal legalization of rape.
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education under President Donald Trump, would dismantle parts of Title IX, including policies based on the 2011, Office for Civil Rights-issued “Dear Colleague” letter, which stipulates that sexual violence and harassment interfere with a student’s right to receive an education free from discrimination. The announcement comes after DeVos spent this summer consulting with various campus sexual assault groups to decide the best course of action to uphold patriarchal white supremacy. Among advocates for survivors, she also met with — surprise, surprise — advocates for the rights of accused rapists. The department hasn’t specified a timeline just yet, so for now, this announcement simply confirms their intent. Given that the President is an admitted and unapologetic sexual predator himself, this is appalling but unfortunately it is not shocking. The White House removed its report on sexual assault prevention from its website just before the announcement, as if it couldn’t make it any clearer how this administration feels about sexual violence.Related: HERE’S WHY THE DONALD TRUMP RAPE ALLEGATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Baylor U Impedes On-Campus Rape Cases
Baylor University’s football team is 5-0 this year, and ranked 13th in the country. You may not have known that. But you also may not know that the university has been suppressing sexual assault charges against its football players, a