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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order last week defying new rule changes to Title IX being issued by Joe Biden’s Department of Education.

The rule change includes new protections for the few students who identify as “transgender,” but Sanders’ order instructs schools in her state to ignore those and uphold the rights and privacy concerns of the vast majority of students instead.

The Republican governor’s order reaffirms the state’s commitment to preserving the traditional understanding of sex as an “immutable characteristic of the human body” firmly “rooted in biology and the created order.”

“The government should celebrate, not erase, sex differences by providing proper protections for them,” the order says, as reported by The Epoch Times. It also states that the Biden administration “has rejected reality and chosen to appease their left-wing base over students’ safety and best interests.”

The directive is a reaction to the Biden administration’s recent expansion of “sex” under Title IX to encompass “gender identity,” a shift perceived by Sanders as straying from the original purpose of the law.

“The Biden administration is attempting to unilaterally rewrite federal law to advance its radical gender ideology against women and girls,” says the order issued by Sanders, who served as one of President Donald Trump’s press secretaries.

Sanders noted further in her EO that the Biden regime’s attempt to include gender identity and sexual orientation in the expanded rule was “plainly ridiculous.” She predicted it would “lead to males unfairly competing in women’s sports; receiving access to women’s and girls’ locker rooms, bathrooms, and private spaces; and competing for women’s scholarships.” Sanders also noted that the original Title IX “contained a succinct 37 words” when it was signed into law in 1972.

The Biden administration’s redefinition of Title IX, detailed in a document spanning nearly 460,000 words, has sparked criticism from a group of GOP attorneys general who have filed lawsuits contesting the reinterpretation.

Arkansas lawmakers have passed a series of measures in recent months protecting traditional gender-designated spaces.

“The Arkansas Department of Education is ordered to provide specific guidance on how to enforce the rights of Arkansans to equal opportunity, free speech, due process, and privacy under the U.S. Constitution, Title IX, and state law, despite the Biden administration’s unlawful administrative rule,” Sanders’ order reads. “At no point should Arkansas law be ignored.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is also pushing back on the Biden administration’s rule change, vowing that he won’t comply with any part of it.

“We are not gonna let Joe Biden try to inject men into women’s activities,” DeSantis said on the X platform in a post containing a short video statement. “We are not gonna let Joe Biden undermine the rights of parents. And we are not gonna let Joe Biden abuse his constitutional authority to try to impose these policies on us here in Florida.”

He added: “We will not comply.”

Biden’s rule change comes on the heels of a stunning report issued last month in Great Britain. The Cass Report examined over 9,000 patient records of transgender youth and reached several striking conclusions. Among its findings, the report suggests that individuals under the age of 18 should not undergo any form of gender-affirming treatment, including hormone injections, and emphasizes the need for “great caution” when considering such interventions for patients under 25.

The report provided various recommendations to enhance care but ultimately concluded that “for most young people, a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress.” As a result, the NHS has reversed its longstanding practice of prescribing puberty-suppressing hormones (PSH) to children with gender dysphoria—a condition characterized by a significant incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender for a duration of at least six months, as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

“We have determined that there is insufficient evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of PSH to justify its routine availability at this time,” stated the NHS last month. Although PSH treatment will still be accessible for participants in clinical trials and at private clinics, some British lawmakers are now advocating for a universal ban on its use.

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