Utah will ignore Biden’s Title IX protections for trans students, GOP lawmakers vote
“If I’m being completely candid here, we don’t want people using [Title IX] as an excuse to ignore the state laws because they don’t like our state law,” Rep. Kera Birkeland said.
(Jeff Parrott | The Salt Lake Tribune) Activists in support of transgender rights protest at the Utah Capital as lawmakers are called into a special legislative session on June 19, 2024.
Emily is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2022. She received her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. There, she worked on investigative projects for The Washington Post and ProPublica. While writing, she's probably spinning something from her ever-expanding shelf of punk records.