Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero issued a defiant statement Friday in response to what he called the Trump administration’s “anti-trans agenda,” but stopped short of saying whether the district will comply with the federal government’s request to rid schools of gender-neutral bathrooms.

“The Trump administration, through the Department of Education’ s Office for Civil Rights, continues to push its anti-trans agenda through the weaponization of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex,” Marrero said in the statement.

“To our LGBTQ+ students, families and supporters, we see you, and we will not stand for these attempts at your erasure,” he added. “We will protect all of our students from this hostile administration while we continue to ra

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