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null / Credit: Brian A. Jackson/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Jun 12, 2024 / 12:20 pm (CNA).Two court rulings in Florida and Texas simultaneously dealt both a victory and a setback to transgender advocates in the United States this week. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on his website on Tuesday that the state had "won a major victory" against the Biden administration over the White House s attempt to rewrite federal Title IX law to include transgender protections.The U.S. Department of Education issued new regulations in April that radically redefined long-standing federal sex discrimination policy under federal Title IX provisions. The new rules in part redefined "sex discrimination" under Title IX to include protections for "gender identity."Title IX rules apply to any educational institutions that accept federal money. Paxton in his press release noted that the revised rules "would have forced Texas schools a

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