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Nine states sue Biden administration over Title IX protections. Nine Republican-led states and several conservative groups on April 29 filed lawsuits challenging new Biden administration regulations that bar schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating against students based on their gender identity. The states and advocacy groups filed the lawsuits in federal courts in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas challenging new U.S. Department of Education regulations that extend Title IX sex discrimination protections in federal civil rights law to LGBTQ students.