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A judge in Tennessee has temporarily barred two federal agencies
from enforcing directives issued by President Joe Biden's
administration that extended protections for LGBTQ people in
schools and workplaces.

U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. in an order on Friday
ruled for the 20 state attorneys general who sued last August
claiming the Biden administration directives infringe on states'
right to enact laws that, for example, prevent students from
participating in sports based on their gender identity or
requiring schools and businesses to provide bathrooms and
showers to accommodate transgender people.

Atchley, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020, agreed
with the attorneys generals� argument and issued a temporary
injunction that prevents the agencies from applying that
guidance on LGBTQ discrimination until the matter can be
resolved by courts.

�As demonstrated above, the harm alleged by Plaintiff States is
already occurring � their sovereign power to enforce their own
legal code is hampered by the issuance of Defendants� guidance
and they face substantial pressure to change their state laws as
a result,� Atchley wrote.

The attorneys general are from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia.

The directives regarding discrimination based on sexual
orientation was issued by the U.S. Department of Education and
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in June following a
landmark civil rights decision by U.S. Supreme Court in 2020
that, under a provision called Title VII, protects gay, lesbian
and transgender people from discrimination in the workplace.

The Department of Education guidance from June 2021 said
discrimination based on a student's sexual orientation or gender
identity would be treated as a violation of Title IX, the 1972
federal law that protects sex discrimination in education.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released guidance
that month about what could constitute discrimination against
LGBTQ people and advised the public about how to file a
complaint.

With its guidance, the Biden administration in part took a stand
against laws and proposals in a growing number of states that
aim to forbid transgender girls from participating on female
sports teams. The state attorneys general contend that the
authority over such policies �properly belongs to Congress, the
States, and the people.�

The education policy carried the possibility of federal
sanctions against schools and colleges that fail to protect gay
and transgender students.

The attorneys general argued that a delaying a legal review of
the directives would �cause them significant hardship, as
Defendants would be allowed to use the �fear of future
sanctions� to force �immediate compliance� with the challenged
guidance,� Atchley wrote.

�The Court finds that Plaintiffs have shown a credible threat of
enforcement,� Atchley wrote. �Plaintiffs highlight that private
litigants are relying on Defendants� guidance to challenge
Plaintiffs� state laws.�

Atchley noted that the U.S. Department of Education has filed a
statement of interest in a West Virginia lawsuit taking a
position that Title IX prohibits the state from excluding
transgender girls from participating in single-sex sports
restricted to girls.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-agencies-temporarily-
barred-enforcing-lbgtq-guidance-86937868