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Post by Logan on Mar 26, 2016 2:15:51 GMT -6
Texas University Fires Coach Who Suspended Gay Basketball Players, Violated Title IXPrairie View University has fired its women’s basketball coach for violating Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments by suspending two players for dating each other. Prairie View is a historically black university near Houston that is part of the Texas A&M University System, which is not exactly known for being progressive on LGBT issues. But Prairie View determined that coach Dawn Brown violated Title IX’s prohibition on sex-based discrimination, which both the Obama administration and some federal courts have said includes sexual orientation. Brown claims she enacted the policy after an assistant coach was fired for having a relationship with a player, and that it was approved by Prairie View’s Title IX coordinator. The policy states that players “may not have nonprofessional relationships with other players, coaches, managers, trainers, or any other persons affiliated” within the program. “Clearly, I feel betrayed and unjustly penalized by this action,” Brown said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports. Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/03/texas-university-upholds-lgbt-protections-title-ix-fires-coach-suspended-womens-basketball-players-dating/
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