"Federal Department Under Fire for Controversial Changes to Rape Definition and Student Data Collection. In a move sparking widespread criticism, the US Department of Education has announced significant changes to the way it collects data on campus sexual assault and defines rape. The department will no longer include information on nonbinary students, effectively erasing their experiences from the national conversation on campus safety. Furthermore, the definition of rape has been revised to exclude 'gender identity,' a decision that critics argue will make it more difficult to track and address the issue. The changes have been met with outrage from advocates for survivors of sexual assault and the LGBTQ+ community, who say the move undermines efforts to create a safer and more inclusive environment for all students."
The department will no longer include information on nonbinary students and has excluded "gender identity" from its definition of rape.
