EXCLUSIVE: University Consultants Debated Creating ‘LGBTQ+ Church’ To Skirt Trump’s Orders

In an email listserv made up of consultants, coordinators and college and university officials who deal with the application of Title IX in schools, users in February discussed ways to sidestep the Trump administration’s demands for the rule to be interpreted based on biological sex rather than the Biden-era interpretation which included “gender identity.” - Jaryn Crouson

“If a person can refuse to use someone’s preferred pronoun because to do so would be a violation of their religious beliefs (‘God only made 2 sexes’), can’t that become a double-edged sword?..

• “Their sincerely held religious belief is that sex is not binary. 
• Further, in order to be true to their religious belief they must embrace their gender identity and show it their gender expression. 
• Therefore, their gender identity and gender expression is covered under the First Amendment?”

“That then begs the question, are public institutions required to ensure that members of the LGBTQ+ community are not harassed or treated ‘less than’ due to religious beliefs?” the user continued.