Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill are suing the Biden administration over new federal rules against discrimination against students based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Idaho, Mississippi, and Montana are also suing.
Murrill says these new rules will result in transgender women sharing bathrooms, locker rooms and perhaps even lodging on overnight field trips with biological girls.
She says the federal government is telling colleges and universities to disregard the concept of biological sex.
"These schools now have to change the way they behave and the way they speak, and whether they can have private spaces for little girls or women," said Murrill. "This all coming from the people who don’t even know how to define the word ‘woman.’"
SarahJane Guidry, executive director of the Louisiana Forum for Equality, said the state's lawsuit could result in LGBTQ+ youth being put in danger.
"Gov. Landry, Attorney General Murrill and Superintendent Brumley have a callous disregard for the well-being and dignity of these vulnerable young individuals," Guidry told NOLA.com. "They must be reminded that these are not just policies they're attacking; they're attacking human beings – our children – who deserve love, respect, and acceptance."
