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Raleigh News & Observer: Another University Faces Investigation for Defying Trump

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The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Western Carolina University for allegedly violating Title IX and not complying with the Trump administration’s executive order on transgender women. The Office for Civil Rights claims the university has not ensured sex-separated facilities within federally funded institutions. Allegations include a female student being investigated for asking a male student to leave a women’s bathroom and cases of transgender female students being assigned to girls’ dormitories.

Western Carolina University stated it complied with all state and federal regulations and asserted it will adjust campus policies as necessary. Reports indicated violations related to ensuring sex-separated intimate spaces.

An investigation was opened after former student Payton McNabb filmed a male student in a women’s bathroom. McNabb noted that such policies violate individual rights and negatively impact female students seeking single-sex spaces.

So the investigation is based on the whining of a FORMER student., not on current conditions at the school.

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National Review: Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into University after National Review Reporting

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The Trump administration launched a civil rights investigation into Western Carolina University for alleged non-compliance with the federal government’s Title IX policy after National Review reported on internal emails that appeared to show defiance of the president’s executive action.

The Department of Education announced the investigation Thursday and cited emails first reported by National Review indicating Western Carolina would not change its Title IX policy to comply with President Trump’s executive order recognizing only two biological sexes and updating federal policy accordingly.

“WCU’s reported contempt for federal antidiscrimination laws and indifference to, and retaliation against, girls who have spoken up about males invading their intimate spaces is simply unacceptable,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor.

What they’re not in compliance with are not laws but executive orders — fiats — by King Donald that are in contradiction with established case law:

The school’s chief compliance officer said in January that “we are not making changes based on this EO,” the emails showed. In February, the administrator said “we will continue to analyze allegations of sex discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,” a flagrant violation of Trump’s order. The compliance officer cited the Supreme Court’s Bostock decision barring employment discrimination based on gender identity and a lower court ruling prohibiting discrimination against transgender-identifying students.

Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into University after National Review Reporting | National Review
The Department of Education announced the investigation Thursday and cited emails first reported by National Review.