All-women's school Wellesley College responds to accusations of admitting biological male trans students

Defending Education Vice President & Senior Legal Fellow broke down her organization's latest Title IX complaint against Wellesley Coll

A Title IX complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education has accused Wellesley College, an all-women's college in Massachusetts, of admitting biological male transgender students.

The college has responded to the allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"Wellesley is proud to be a women’s college that has been educating women who make a difference in the world for 150 years. We remain committed to our mission, and believe that our policies comply with civil rights law," the statement read.

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A transgender flag is drawn in chalk on the Wellesley College campus in Wellesley, Mass. on March 15. A referendum at Wellesley College supports admission of transgender men, but the administrators disagree. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe)

The complaint was filed by the national grassroots nonprofit conservative group Defending Education, and pointed to the college's policy that considers for admission "any applicant who lives as a woman and consistently identifies as a woman."

Defending Education’s complaint, filed June 25 with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, alleges that Wellesley is discriminating on the basis of sex in programs or activities that receive federal funding, in violation of Title IX. The complaint argues that the school’s policy undermines its status as a women’s college by allowing biological males who identify as women to enroll.

Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and senior legal fellow at Defending Education, told Fox News Digital that Wellesley’s policy is not new.

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