Some employees said the pick is disheartening and ironic.
In early 2020, leaders of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced that they would be taking control of and reorganizing the agency’s employee-led Diversity and Inclusion and Employee Engagement Advisory councils. The two committees were combined into one and, in August, senior counsel Sarah Perry, a new hire with a long history of anti-transgender activism, was appointed as a co-chair, HuffPost has learned.
“By ignoring underlying conditions, the demands of transgender supremacy marginalize our unique kids, especially those with autism and mental health diagnoses,” said Perry, who is an attorney. “They deflect much-needed resources away from the pandemic of autism. They substitute pseudo-science for science. And they leave our children questioning who they truly are.
“This is really a wealth of good news from OCR,” she said on a podcast. “The notion has been brought up of providing a separate transgender league for these individuals and yet that hasn’t proved sufficient to quell the debate on this. It should be as simple as Title IX protecting biological girls, period.”
Angela Morabito, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said that “diversity and inclusion remains a top priority for OCR’s leadership which is why the diversity and inclusion council is led by two senior leaders.” The committees are used to promote diversity and provide feedback to management, but, according to three current and former employees, the idea that the headquarters-controlled committee could now carry out such tasks is farcical. One told HuffPost that it “seems like a decision to disconnect from making OCR a better and more diverse place” and further disempower workers.
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