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Unapologetic Storyteller . Digital Movement Architect. Aspiring Movement Scholar. Survivor. Queer Cubana. Tar Heel . Author . Co-founder @endrapeoncampus .
May 6, 2020 20 tweets 5 min read
Today the Trump Administration took a chunk out of #TitleIX—an attack that has been years in the making. Among the most nefarious changes: allowing live ‘judicial’ hearings, and changing what even ‘counts’ as harassment. Let’s unpack that. 1/
washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… For starters, #TitleIX is not, and was never intended to be a CRIMINAL law—it is a CIVIL RIGHTS law that focuses on ACCESS TO EDUCATION.
I am one of thousands of survivors that filed a federal complaint after experiencing sexual violence. My argument was never criminal. 2/