Press Statements
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Statement on Linda McMahon Nomination for Department of Education Secretary
In response to the announcement that the Trump Administration would nominate Linda McMahon as Department of Education Secretary of Education, Emma Grasso Levine, Senior Manager of Title IX Polic…
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Trans Youth Belong in Sports
Today, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to prohibit transgender students from participating on school sports teams aligning with their gender identity. In response, Deb Hauser…
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Statement on Executive Order Attacking K-12 Education
The Trump Administration’s unbridled racism, homophobia, and transphobia is wreaking havoc in our government, with the latest attack coming on K-12 schools and teachers in the form of an executive…
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Advocates for Youth Condemns Trump Attacks on Trans Young People
President Trump issued an executive order seeking to restrict transgender young people’s access to basic health care. In response, Deb Hauser, President of national youth activism nonprofit&nbs…
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Advocates for Youth Condemns ICE Raids
This weekend, following direction from the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested over 2,000 people. In response, Deb Hauser, President of national youth ac…
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Statement on Trump’s First Day Executive Orders
In response to the many executive orders issued by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, Advocates for Youth President Debra Hauser shared this statement. “We condemn Trump’s…
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Advocates for Youth on Presidential Inauguration and Road Ahead
Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald J. Trump will become the 47th president of the United States. In response, Deb Hauser, President of the national youth reproductive and sexual…
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Students, Survivors Condemn District Court Decision to Vacate Title IX Guidance Nationwide
The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled against the Biden administration’s Title IX guidance, rescinding protections adopted in spring 2024 for student survivors, LGBTQI+ s…
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Advocates Condemns House Actions Against Transgender People
Everyone has the right to be who they are and to express their gender in ways that work for them. Yet politicians continue to villainize transgender people simply for being…