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The Trump administration has singled out two western North Carolina school districts as part of a nationwide push during Pride Month targeting schools over their bathroom policies for transgender students.<\/p>\n

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Buncombe County and Cabarrus County<\/a> are among 13 school districts across the country in June that have had federal Title IX investigations opened against them or received warning letters. The U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights is accusing the districts of potentially violating the civil rights of female students by allowing transgender students to use the school bathroom and locker facilities that match their gender identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe practice of allowing students to access sex-separated programs and facilities based solely on self-asserted \u2018gender identity\u2019 is deeply troubling and raises significant legal concerns,\u201d Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a news release Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cFifty-four years after Title IX was signed into law, the Trump Administration remains steadfast to enforce its promise to protect women and girls. We will fully investigate these allegations and take appropriate action to ensure compliance with federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuesday was the 54th anniversary of the signing of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools and educational programs that receive federal funding. President Donald Trump reversed the Biden administration\u2019s expansion of Title IX protections to transgender students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe promise of Title IX has been obstructed by an administration that has shown it does not care about women and girls.\u201d Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women\u2019s Law Center, said in a news release Tuesda<\/a>y. \u201cInstead, it aims to distort the law, including Title IX, to attack and exclude trans students.\u201d<\/p>\n

North Carolina school districts that permit transgender students to use their preferred school restroom have cited the 2020 ruling by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Gavin Grimm case in Virginia. The appellate judges ruled that policies requiring transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding only with their sex assigned at birth violate Title IX and constitutional protections.<\/p>\n

\u201dFor more than five years, legal precedent in North Carolina has required public schools to allow all young people access to the restroom that aligns with their gender identity,\u201d the Campaign for Southern Equality said in a statement. \u201cThe Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board case was decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, and their decision was allowed to stand by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021, making the ruling binding across the circuit (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia).\u201d<\/p>\n

Buncombe County Schools incorporated the ruling into its gender support guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuncombe County Schools is following the law and treating transgender students with the respect and dignity that all students deserve,\u201d the Campaign for Southern Equality said in its statement.<\/p>\n

But the N.C Values Coalition says it\u2019s hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down the Grimm case when it issues a ruling on a 2021 West Virginia law that bars transgender female athletes from participating in girls\u2019 school sports teams. A ruling could come out any day after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in January.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Vaughan, a spokesperson for the N.C. Values Coalition, said they\u2019ve heard complaints from female students across the state about being required to use the same school restrooms and locker rooms as \u201cbiological males.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are glad to hear that the federal government is looking into these cases,\u201d Vaughan said in an interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Values Coalition has been urging state lawmakers to put new restrictions on public bathroom use by transgender people, The News & Observer previously reported<\/a>. Any potential new law would come a decade after the passage and repeal of House Bill 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still hopeful that the General Assembly will take action on this piece to protect our daughters, because, as I said, this is happening across our state, and every single day,\u201d Vaughan said. \u201cBoys are going into the girls\u2019 bathrooms and putting them at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

The multiple investigations involving transgender students launched this month is occurring in what the Trump administration is calling \u201cTitle IX Month<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Across the nation, some Republican governors have been rebranding Pride Month, the Associated Press reported<\/a>. This includes calling June \u201cNuclear Family Month\u201d in Indiana and Tennessee, \u201cStrong Families Month\u201d in Alabama and \u201cFidelity Month\u201d in Utah and Arkansas.<\/p>\n

In North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is still proclaiming June as \u201cLGBTQ+ Pride Month<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM<\/span> with the headline “Amid Pride Month, feds investigate school bathroom use by NC trans students.” <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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