McMahon: Virginia School District Bathroom Policies Violate Title IX

Secretary Linda McMahon told Washington, D.C., ABC affiliate WJLA Friday that the school districts’ policies of allowing students to use facilities matching their gender identity, not their birth sex, were “making girls feel vulnerable.”

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The districts involved are Alexandria City Public Schools, Arlington Public Schools, Prince William County Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools and Loudoun County Public Schools. None have commented about the findings.

McMahon said her office will give the school districts 10 days to reverse their policies and if they don’t, she will forward the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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She added that she would advise the district superintendents to “obey the law.”

“Title IX is the law,” she said. “I mean, it was just recently the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX was overturned. So it is back to its original interpretation, which is the identification of women and men and the basis of biological sex. And I think we need to identify what we mean by sex. It’s male and female, period.”

She added that if the five districts choose to keep their policies, the federal government could block their federal funding.

The investigation was spurred by a complaint from America First Legal against the districts.

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According to witnesses and police, the suspect allegedly exposed himself to girls and women, the station reported.

“Doesn’t [it] just fly in the face of common sense, for number one, when you just think about that?” said McMahon. “Picture if you are a parent of these girls, and this is allowed to happen, but especially a known sex offender, it’s just wrong. It’s patently wrong, it’s dangerous, and it has to be stopped.”