The U.S. and Rainbow flag blows in Franklin, Tennessee, in June 2023. A federal judge ruled on June 17 that the Biden administration cannot enforce new protections for LGBTQ+ students in Ohio, Virginia and four other states.
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Biden administration’s new protections for LGBTQ+ students blocked in 6 more states
The Biden administration cannot enforce new protections for LGBTQ+ students in Ohio, Virginia and four other states, a federal judge ruled Monday, becoming the latest court to rebuff efforts to expand the scope of a decades-old law that prohibits sex-based discrimination.

