Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a multistate coalition supporting the Trump administration\u2019s effort to reverse a Biden-era disability rule that expanded protections to include \u201cgender dysphoria.\u201d<\/p>\n
The move comes after Paxton and other states challenged<\/a> the 2024 regulation, arguing it diverted resources from people with disabilities.<\/p>\n The Biden administration\u2019s rule had sought to expand the definition of \u201cdisability\u201d under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. It included<\/a> \u201cgender dysphoria,\u201d despite statutory language that explicitly excludes \u201cgender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments.\u201d<\/p>\n The Trump administration has now issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reverse this inclusion. The proposal would restore what supporters call the proper limits of federal disability law.<\/p>\n In 2024, Paxton led states in filing a lawsuit against the rule.<\/p>\n The coalition argued it would harm state budgets and operations while threatening services for those relying on federal disability assistance.<\/p>\n \u201cThis victory stops the Biden Administration\u2019s radical attempt to force states to comply with its woke gender ideology at the expense of Americans who rely on disability assistance,\u201d Paxton said in a news release.<\/p>\n Paxton added: \u201cI am in full support of the Trump Administration\u2019s decision to prevent federal funds from being diverted to an unlawful, radical agenda and reverse Biden\u2019s illegal attempt to rewrite the law.\u201d<\/p>\n The attorney general praised the reversal, stating: \u201cThanks to the Trump Administration\u2019s leadership, states will no longer be forced to comply with a ludicrous, woke rule that Congress explicitly prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n