U.S. Universities Face Federal Funding Threats Over All-Gender Restroom Policies

By Sam Barron | Friday, July 3, 2026

A dozen U.S. colleges and universities, including five Ivy League institutions, now offer all-gender restrooms and locker rooms, according to a report from Critical Race Training in Education.

The report, affiliated with Legal Insurrection, states: “Our research continues to reveal the depravity and institutional capture of higher education.”

CriticalRace.org managing editor Kemberlee Kaye added that these facilities have turned educational spaces into “dangerous and hostile” environments where women are not guaranteed safe single-sex areas for showering or using restrooms.

The institutions named include Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Santa Barbara, Cal State Polytechnic Humboldt, Carnegie Mellon University, Florida State University, Stanford University, Stony Brook University, and Villanova University.

Some schools have more than 50 all-gender restrooms or changing rooms accessible to transgender and nonbinary individuals.

Kaye emphasized: “No woman should be forced to change in front of a man — this is not and should not be controversial.”

William Jacobson, founder of Legal Insurrection and a professor at Cornell Law School, warned the schools could face complaints and potential loss of federal funding. “We are investigating potential Title IX violations,” he stated. He further noted: “This raises significant Title IX issues and possible violations, particularly in light of recent Supreme Court interpretations of Title IX regarding boys in girls’ sports. ‘Gender identity’ does not override female rights as a matter of federal law.”

Jacobson added: “Female spaces are being invaded in the cause of gender identity.”