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The wait is over. Tinashe has released her eighth studio album, Popstar, a 16-track project arriving after “Nasty” and “No Broke Boys” brought her a new wave of mainstream attention.

Led by “Too Easy,” “Crash Out,” “Melatonin” and “Pillow Fight,” the album finds Tinashe continuing to carve out her own lane across pop, R&B, electronic and club music.

Listen to Popstar and join ATRL’s official album discussion.

The Trump administration has formally rescinded the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule, which extended federal protections against sex discrimination, sexual harassment and assault to LGBTQ+ students. The Education Department will instead return to the 2020 Title IX regulations adopted during Trump’s first term.The 2024 rule had already been struck down by a federal court and, because of ongoing litigation, never took effect in roughly half of the country. The 2020 regulations do not explicitly include protections for LGBTQ+ students and also narrow the types of sexual harassment and assault complaints schools are required to investigate.What Does This Mean for LGBTQ+ Students?The federal government will no longer enforce the Biden administration’s interpretation that Title IX explicitly protects students from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.Transgender students could be particularly affected in disputes involving bathrooms and school sports. The administration has already investigated school districts and threatened federal funding over policies allowing trans students to use bathrooms or participate in sports consistent with their gender identity.States and school districts with their own LGBTQ+ protections may continue enforcing those policies, although trans-inclusive policies could put them in conflict with the federal government. Some states and districts are already fighting the administration in court.The change also affects sexual harassment and assault cases more broadly. The restored 2020 regulations limit which complaints schools must investigate and require live hearings in certain cases. Supporters say those rules provide greater due-process protections, while critics argue they leave victims with fewer protections.The broader legal question surrounding Title IX and transgender students remains unsettled. The Supreme Court ruled in June that states can ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, but did not decide whether Title IX itself requires sports participation to be based on sex assigned at birth.More Changes Are ComingThe administration plans to go further with a forthcoming amendment to Title IX that would define sex exclusively as an individual’s biological classification as male or female. That amendment has not yet been published.The Education Department has already pursued its interpretation of Title IX through investigations and threats to withhold federal funding from some school districts. The Justice Department has also challenged gender-identity policies in California, Maine and Minnesota.