South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has vowed to fight back against the Biden administration's proposed set of Title IX rules to expand the meaning of sexual discrimination to include gender identity that would prevent schools and colleges from barring biologically male transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams.
Under the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule, no school or college that receives federal funding would be allowed to impose a "one-size-fits-all" policy that categorically bans transgender students from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Such policies would be considered a violation of Title IX.
"South Dakota will not allow this to stand. We will lead. We will defend our laws. Only girls will play girls’ sports," Noem wrote in a Thursday evening tweet.
"President Biden, we’ll see you in Court," she added.