Thread by @knowyourIX

📢BREAKING: The Biden admin just released the proposed changes to the 2020 anti-survivor Title IX rule. This is a huge win, & it happened thanks to student organizing!!

Let’s break down the history of the rule, the process of changing it, & what the changes mean for students.🧵

Reminder, the 2020 #TitleIX reg was written with the help of MRAs who wanted to make it easier to get away with sexual violence–such as the National Coalition For Men, who claim laws intended to support survivors are based in “hysteria."

Learn more⬇️

https://twitter.com/knowyourIX/status/1294263931784101894?s=20&t=2TAGwMhAsXHjBaurpGVAdQ

Changes to Title IX–the civil rights law *meant to* protect survivors’ access to education–are massively needed!

Our survey found that currently, nearly 40% of survivors who report to their school are pushed out of education. knowyourix.org/wp-content/upl…

The process for undoing the 2020 Title IX regulations will probably be a long one. It took about 2 years for the Trump administration to finalize the 2020 regulation. Let’s break down the next steps of this process! docs.google.com/document/d/1ib…

We'll be writing a comment to the Department of Education on what we hope the final Title IX will look like. We want students, alumni, and student survivors to sign on and join us!

To ensure our comment reflects what survivors want, we're holding listening sessions. To learn more about how to get involved, join us TONIGHT at 7pm ET for our "What's Next With Title IX" Teach In: bit.ly/whatsnextwithix

We’re getting live updates from our team as they read through the 700 pages of the proposed Title IX rule. So let’s dive into what these changes mean for students, what we like in the rule, and what changes we want to see (so far)!

The proposed Title IX rule would require schools to respond to ALL complaints of gender violence--including violence that happens off-campus, on during study abroad, or by people that aren’t their students--if that violence is impacting your ability to participate in school.

Most sexual violence happens off campus, so it’s essential that schools are required to respond to all violence impacting a student's ability to participate in school.

Abusers shouldn’t avoid accountability just because they assault you in your apartment instead of the library.

The Trump admin rule allows schools to ignore harassment until survivors’ are negatively impacted.

The proposed rule requires schools to respond to complaints of SV that have the potential to threaten your ability to participate in your education–called a “hostile environment.”

This change in language would be HUGE for survivors. Right now, survivors’ complaints of violence are being dismissed for not being “severe enough” or not happening often enough. This forces survivors to have to face escalating abuse before their school will help them.

The proposed rule also improves protections against retaliation – which has been on the rise following DeVos’ rollback of survivors’ rights.

The rule protects anyone from retaliation through intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination against the individual.