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by Sarah at 3:14pm Fri, 14 Sep 2007 under Feminism & Gender, Sports & Fitness, Title IX; 1205 views
Title IX is a 37-word United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." - Wikipedia Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 covers a lot of things, but it has mostly been used in reference with guaranteeing equality for men's sports and women's sports. Title IX makes things better. Read what New Moon wrote back in July: