A transgender woman has filed a Title IX complaint after allegedly being denied entry into a Colorado Mesa University tech class, and the Colorado Civil Rights Division has set a date for mediation in the case. In November 2025, Tammy Powers moved from San Francisco to Grand Junction and at the urging of her son decided to pursue further education. Powers has worked as a mechanic and owned and operated a restaurant, Tammy’s Chicken and Waffles, in California. She decided to take the bakeshop production technical certification course available through CMU Tech. Powers received an acceptance letter for the class and on Jan. 19 participated in New Mavs Day, where she met her academic counselor, Stephanie Parsons. At New Mavs Day, Powers was also introduced to chef Steve Gould. Parsons told Powers that Gould said she would need a food handlers certificate in order to take the class. Powers said she found that odd.  “I didn’t think a cake-baking class would need it.…