@raineyday@mstdn.games Commentary in the Chicago Sun-Times last month on Nortwestern University: "... the Northwestern bargain endangers academic freedom and institutional autonomy, subjecting the university to ongoing federal control. ... Further, Northwestern insists the agreement makes no new policy regarding transgender community members. In fact, it bars gender-affirming care for minors and borrows its definition of 'sex' from an executive order that erases the existence of intersex, transgender and nonbinary persons. It appears to require the university maintain 'all-female' sports, locker rooms and shower facilities." https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/15/northwestern-caved-rotten-deal-donald-trump-administration-serena-mayeri-amanda-shanor