Identity of Speakers
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Defending Education
Unaffiliated
Other"National grassroots organization working to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas. Through network and coalition building, investigative reporting, litigation, and engagement, we fight indoctrination in classrooms and on campus to promote the reestablishment of a quality, non-political education for all students."
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Additional Information
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Incident Nature:
Other
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Incident Political Orientation:
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Incident Responses:
Title IX or other federal statute
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Incident Status:
No litigation
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Summary
On October 31, 2025, Defending Education, a conservative “national grassroots organization working to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas,” filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of female students at Princeton University. The complaint alleged that the university violated Title IX by implementing policies that discriminated against students based on sex, including gender-neutral restrooms, all-gender housing, and certain graduation ceremonies. The complaint requested that the Department of Education investigate Princeton and take corrective action to ensure compliance with federal law.
The complaint detailed that first-year students assigned to certain residential colleges, including Yeh College and New College West, were required to use communal gender-neutral bathrooms with multiple showers and toilet stalls accessed through shared spaces. The plaintiffs claimed that female students encountered men urinating with doors open, and that some stalls had gaps, creating safety and privacy concerns. They argued that students could not easily opt out of these arrangements because housing assignments were random, forcing female students to share facilities with male students.
The complaint also raised concerns about university practices beyond housing. It cited separate graduation ceremonies for different identity groups, including Rose Graduation for women and Lavender Graduation for LGBTQ students, and described the provision of hormone replacement therapy through student health services. The plaintiffs argued that Princeton’s policies reflected a broader institutional emphasis on gender identity that undermined protections for female students based on biological sex.
The complaint called for a probe into an unsafe and unlawful DEI agenda and emphasized that female students’ privacy, safety, and access to education were compromised. The complaint sought federal enforcement and corrective measures to bring Princeton’s policies into alignment with Title IX.
