NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

What is the religious exemption to Title IX and what's at stake in LGBTQ students' legal challenge

  • Written by Kif Augustine-Adams, Professor of Law, Brigham Young University
imageAround 100,000 LGBTQ students study at religious institutions in the US.iStock/Getty Images

While federal law shields most U.S. students from gender and sexual orientation discrimination, an estimated 100,000 LGBTQ students at religious institutions do not have the same protections.

Under a religious exemption provision, scores of colleges and...

Read more: What is the religious exemption to Title IX and what's at stake in LGBTQ students' legal challenge

More Articles ...

  1. Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution – 99% of people in poor countries are unvaccinated
  2. 'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal
  3. Explorer Robert Ballard's memoir finds shipwrecks and strange life forms in the ocean's darkest reaches
  4. White Gen X and millennial evangelicals are losing faith in the conservative culture wars
  5. The gas tax's tortured history shows how hard it is to fund new infrastructure
  6. US third parties can rein in the extremism of the two-party system
  7. Critical race theory sparks activism in students
  8. The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean – likely due to tectonic activity
  9. What's behind the rising profile of transgender kids? 3 essential reads
  10. Why gain-of-function research matters
  11. As urban life resumes, can US cities avert gridlock?
  12. What's next for health care reform after the Supreme Court rejects ACA's most recent challenge
  13. Does outer space end – or go on forever?
  14. How to consume news while maintaining your sanity
  15. The dip in the US birthrate isn't a crisis, but the fall in immigration may be
  16. 'Managed retreat' done right can reinvent cities so they're better for everyone – and avoid harm from flooding, heat and fires
  17. This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion – and there's a chance they could be your neighbors too
  18. 4 ways to get more Black and Latino teachers in K-12 public schools
  19. Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious liberty over LGBTQ rights -- and nods to a bigger win for conservatives ahead
  20. Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women
  21. How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism
  22. Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
  23. Academic tenure: What it is and why it matters
  24. Conservative hard-liner elected as Iran's next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal
  25. Too few women get to invent – that's a problem for women's health
  26. Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?
  27. A mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 vaccines could provide logistical and immunological benefits
  28. Being a pop star once meant baring skin – now, for artists like Billie Eilish and Demi Lovato, it's all about emotional stripping
  29. Millions are rejecting one of humanity's best weapons for saving lives: Vaccines
  30. Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don't have access to a credit union or community bank
  31. What's a 100-year flood? A hydrologist explains
  32. What's the charitable deduction? An economist explains
  33. How Israel's missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs
  34. Nurturing dads raise emotionally intelligent kids – helping make society more respectful and equitable
  35. The first mobile phone call was 75 years ago – what it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big time
  36. Racial bias makes white Americans more likely to support wars in nonwhite foreign countries -- new study
  37. A court ruling on Shell's climate impact and votes against Exxon and Chevron add pressure, but it's the market that will drive oil giants to change
  38. Why nobody will ever agree on whether COVID lockdowns were worth it
  39. Biden's Supreme Court commission probably won't sway public opinion
  40. 5 ways MacKenzie Scott’s $8.5 billion commitment to social and economic justice is a model for other donors
  41. Faith still shapes morals and values even after people are 'done' with religion
  42. Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues
  43. US bishops set collision course with Vatican over plan to press Biden not to take Communion
  44. Joe Biden, a father’s love and the legacy of 'daddy issues' among presidents
  45. What Greek epics taught me about the special relationship between fathers and sons
  46. Americans gave a record $471 billion to charity in 2020, amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, job losses and racial justice
  47. With Ford's electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high gear
  48. It wasn't just politics that led to Netanyahu's ouster – it was fear of his demagoguery
  49. Bringing joy back to the classroom and supporting stressed kids – what summer school looks like in 2021
  50. Sticky baseballs: Explaining the physics of the latest scandal in Major League Baseball