Drummond secures appellate victory in blocking radical gender identity rule

OKLAHOMA CITY (March 17, 2025) – The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed the federal government’s appeal of Oklahoma’s Title IX injunction after the Trump Administration moved to dismiss the appeal, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said today. 

Drummond secured the preliminary injunction last July, blocking a new Biden-Harris rule that would have unraveled longtime protections for male and female students. 

“I appreciate President Trump’s willingness to dismiss the misguided appeal filed by the Biden Administration,” Drummond said. “Oklahoma students can now rest assured they will be protected from invasions of privacy and other unnecessary harm, thanks to this responsible resolution.”

When Drummond initially secured the injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Judge Jodi W. Dishman found the Biden Administration’s rule was at odds with Title IX’s clear text and purpose. Indeed, she said the rule was “inexplicably logically inconsistent with several provisions of Title IX.” For example, the judge observed, a biological male identifying as a female would be required to sleep in the boys’ dorm but would be allowed to use the girls’ locker room. “This approach undercuts Title IX’s purpose, epitomizes a clear error in judgement and entirely fails to consider important aspects of the problem the Department sought to resolve.”