The University of North Carolina Flagrantly Violates Federal Law Affirming Tran

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The University of North Carolina Flagrantly Violates Federal Law Affirming Transgender Rights

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-neal/post_11670_b_9768168.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/By Jim Neal    05/25/2016

"Barely one month into her job as president of the University of North Carolina General System Margaret Spellings- former Karl Rove protégé and political advisor to George W. Bush- sent a memorandum to all UNC System chancellors on April 5th. Spellings' memorandum instructed chancellors at each of the 17-campus system to comply with the state's new anti-LGBTQI law HB2, including the controversial denial of bathroom access to transgender people based upon their gender identity. At the time, it was unclear whether the "bathroom" provision of HB2 was consistent with Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal funding. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt, leader of the oldest public university in the nation considered one of the few "public Ivies", followed Spellings by sending a campus-wide email three days later explaining the need to comply with HB2."