特朗普政府官员修订拜登时期的性别歧视规则这一变更紧随一项法院裁决之后，该裁决裁定《第九条教育法案》（Title IX）不应保护LGBTQ人群，从而激怒了性侵暴 survivors的支持者们。
Trump Officials Revise Biden-Era Sex Discrimination Rules The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
特朗普政府周一表示，已撤销一项拜登时期的政策，该政策将联邦在校性别歧视禁令扩展以保护LGBTQ人群。这一变更引发了性侵暴 survivors支持者的警告。
The Trump administration said Monday it has rescinded a Biden-era policy that extended the federal ban on sex discrimination in schools to also protect L.G.B.T.Q. people, a change that prompted warnings from advocates for sexual assault survivors.
教育部长林达·麦克马上周在一份声明中表示，这一变更正式确立了特朗普政府如何执行《第九条教育法案》，即禁止联邦政府资助的教育项目中的性别歧视的联邦法律。
In a statement, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the change codifies how the Trump administration has enforced Title IX, the federal law barring sex discrimination in educational programs funded by the federal government.
“得益于今天的行动，发布的《第九条教育法案》条例忠实地反映了法院命令和国会意图——减轻了家长、学生和教育机构的困惑，”麦克马上说。“我们将继续坚决为所有美国人争取平等机会，并对任何侵犯我国女性和女孩的权利、隐私或体育机会的学校或大学负责。”
“Thanks to today’s action, the published Title IX regulations faithfully reflect court orders and congressional intent — reducing confusion for parents, students, and educational institutions,” Ms. McMahon said. “We will continue to relentlessly champion equal opportunity for all Americans and hold accountable any school or college that violates the rights, privacy, or athletic opportunities of our women and girls.”
但性侵暴 survivors的支持者们表示，这项规则不仅仅是削弱对同性恋和跨性别学生的保护。他们表示，这一举动还逆转了拜登政府之前的修改，这些修改曾扩大了学校需要调查的性骚扰投诉范围。
But advocates for sexual assault survivors said the rule goes further than rolling back protections for gay and transgender students. They said the move also reverses changes from the Biden administration that had widened the range of sexual harassment complaints that schools would be responsible for investigating.
例如，拜登政府的规则取代了特朗普政府初期较为狭窄的基于性别的骚扰定义，并取消了仅调查在校园内报告的事件的要求。拜登时期的规则要求教育工作者调查在校园内举行的任何性不当行为指控，无论该事件是否发生在校园内。
For instance, the Biden administration’s rule replaced a narrower definition of sex-based harassment from the first Trump administration, and reversed a requirement that schools investigate only incidents reported on their campuses. The Biden rule required educators to investigate any allegation of sexual misconduct at school events or activities, whether or not the incident occurred on campus.
拜登时代的规定是在为期三年、吸收了24万条公众评论的过程中制定的，这些规定也降低了第一届特朗普政府所鼓励的举证责任标准，允许学校采用“优势证据”标准，让管理员判断性侵事件是否可能发生。
The Biden era rules, developed during a three-year process that drew 240,000 public comments, also lowered the burden of proof that the first Trump administration had encouraged, allowing schools to use a “preponderance of evidence” standard that let administrators determine whether it was likely that sexual misconduct had occurred.