S Carolina considers ban on trans students in girls’ sports
3 years, 10 months ago

S Carolina considers ban on trans students in girls’ sports

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — House members spent more than an hour Tuesday listening to testimony on a bill in South Carolina that would prevent transgender students from playing on girls’ sports teams in middle and high school. Rep. Ashley Trantham “The next generation of female athletes in South Carolina may not have the chance to excel in those same sports,” the Republican from Pelzer said. All athletes in South Carolina would have to play on teams based on their “biological sex” listed on their birth certificates. The proposals in South Carolina and other states come as a growing number of state high school athletic associations in the U.S. have enabled transgender athletes to play on teams based on their gender identity, and the NCAA has trans-inclusive guidelines for all its member schools.

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England Hockey bans transgender women from female category
1 week ago

England Hockey bans transgender women from female category

The Hindu  

England Hockey announced on Wednesday a new policy that will prohibit transgender women from competing in the female category from the start of next season. “Based on this evidence, we have determined that the Trans and Non-Binary Participation Policy should restrict trans participation in order to secure fair competition,” England Hockey stated. The new policy, effective from September 1, aims …

The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment
4 weeks, 1 day ago

The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment

The Independent  

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Georgia Republicans recommend further law to restrict transgender women’s participation in sports
1 month ago

Georgia Republicans recommend further law to restrict transgender women’s participation in sports

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia Senate Republicans recommended on Friday that the state write laws banning transgender girls and women from participating in high school and college sports, setting the stage for action in the 2025 legislative session. It’s a sign Republicans believe there is more political gain in fears about transgender women playing women’s sports or using women’s bathrooms. At least …

Citing ‘God’s Word,’ Christian high school refuses to play team with transgender athlete
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Citing ‘God’s Word,’ Christian high school refuses to play team with transgender athlete

LA Times  

A private Christian high school in Merced withdrew its girls volleyball team from a state playoff game against a team with a transgender athlete in a decision a school official said was based on “God’s Word” and the belief that gender is not changeable. Stone Ridge Christian High School forfeited Saturday night’s California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Division VI volleyball match …

Girl with suspected autism, 17, is 'banned for SIX matches' after asking 'bearded' transgender opponent 'are you a man?' during football match as parents hit out at sanction
2 months, 1 week ago

Girl with suspected autism, 17, is 'banned for SIX matches' after asking 'bearded' transgender opponent 'are you a man?' during football match as parents hit out at sanction

Daily Mail  

A girl footballer suspected to have autism has reportedly received a six-game ban having asked a transgender player with a 'beard': 'Are you a man?' A National Serious Case Panel delivered the verdict after the girl's comments during a friendly against a trans-inclusive football club in July, though she has denied being transphobic, according to The Telegraph. FILE PHOTO: A …

Transgender College Basketball Player Speaks Out About Verbal, Physical Mistreatment
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Transgender College Basketball Player Speaks Out About Verbal, Physical Mistreatment

Associated Press  

A transgender college basketball player in Canada has come forward to speak out about her experiences of verbal and physical mistreatment during a game. The player, Harriette Mackenzie, said she was targeted by her opponents after her coach told her she shouldn't be allowed to play against women. Mackenzie shared a video from the game where she was physically attacked, …

FA not making football ‘fair or safe’ for women by inaction over transgender policy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

FA not making football ‘fair or safe’ for women by inaction over transgender policy

The Telegraph  

Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the Football Association, has said he is “deeply concerned” that the governing body he used to lead is “not providing women and girls with fair, safe sport” because of its policy of allowing biological males to compete in the female category. In a sharply critical letter to Debbie Hewitt and Mark Bullingham, the FA’s …

Two transgender girls win right to play on girls sports teams during lawsuit
4 months ago

Two transgender girls win right to play on girls sports teams during lawsuit

The Independent  

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Arizona’s ban on transgender girls playing girls school team sports remains blocked, court says
4 months ago

Arizona’s ban on transgender girls playing girls school team sports remains blocked, court says

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that blocks Arizona from enforcing a 2022 law that bans transgender girls from playing on girls school sports teams. We did not expect to get a fair hearing in the 9th Circuit.” Rachel Berg, an attorney for National Center for Lesbian Rights, which represents the girls and their parents, said …

Georgia Senate Republicans push to further restrict trans women in sports
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia Senate Republicans push to further restrict trans women in sports

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate committee kicked off a new push by Republicans in the state to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports, hearing testimony on Tuesday from five former college swimmers who are suing the NCAA and Georgia Tech over a transgender woman’s participation in the 2022 NCAA women’s swimming championships. Transgender participation in women’s sports roiled …

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban

The Independent  

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Judge allows transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges new law
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge allows transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges new law

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. While Turmelle doesn’t plan to play sports until December, Tirrell sought an emergency order allowing her to start soccer practice Monday evening. The judge questioned how the …

Florida school board suspends employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girls volleyball
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida school board suspends employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girls volleyball

Associated Press  

PLANTATION, Fla. — A Florida school employee who let her transgender daughter play on her high school’s girls volleyball team is being suspended for 10 days after the district’s board found on Tuesday that she violated state law but said firing her would be too severe. The Broward County school board voted 5-4 to suspend without pay Jessica Norton ‘s …

Florida school board unlikely to fire mom whose transgender daughter played on girls volleyball team
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Florida school board unlikely to fire mom whose transgender daughter played on girls volleyball team

The Independent  

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Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida’s investigation has destroyed her daughter’s life
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida’s investigation has destroyed her daughter’s life

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing investigation destroyed the girl’s life. Jessica Norton said her daughter was thriving at Monarch High School in suburban Fort Lauderdale before an anonymous tipster notified …

Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say

The Independent  

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Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration has put on hold a plan to prohibit across-the-board bans on transgender athletes on school teams during an election year in which Republicans are rallying around restrictions on trans youths. The states argue the new rule would open the door to forcing schools to allow transgender athletes to compete on teams aligning with their gender identity, …

The NCAA's dilemma on trans athletes shouldn't be that hard of a call
8 months ago

The NCAA's dilemma on trans athletes shouldn't be that hard of a call

LA Times  

The National Collegiate Athletic Assn. The best it’s come up with so far is to say late last month that its rules are “ under review,” after a smaller student-athlete association effectively banned trans women from competing in women’s sports. It’s the latest development in a conversation that has been blown way out of proportion by opportunistic conservative politicians, many …

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

Associated Press  

Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. “The central feature of the Final Rule is the Department’s extraordinary move to transform Title IX’s prohibition of discrimination …

West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete
8 months, 3 weeks ago

West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on an appeals court ruling that allowed a transgender athlete to compete on her middle school teams, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday. “We’re not going to allow the elites in the swamp to impose their values on West Virginia citizens,” Morrisey said at a news …

New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word
8 months, 3 weeks ago

New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word

Associated Press  

A new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity could conflict with laws in Republican-controlled states. The 1,577-page regulation finalized last week seeks to clarify Title IX, the 1972 sex discrimination law originally passed to address women’s rights and applies to schools and colleges …

The sports where trans athletes are banned or need permission to compete
9 months ago

The sports where trans athletes are banned or need permission to compete

The Independent  

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US college organisation bans transgender athletes from competing in all women’s sports
9 months, 1 week ago

US college organisation bans transgender athletes from competing in all women’s sports

The Independent  

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NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports; NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition’
9 months, 1 week ago

NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports; NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition’

The Hindu  

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. Instead, they send a message of exclusion and reinforce dangerous stereotypes that harm all women.” Last month, more than a dozen current and former college athletes filed a federal lawsuit …

NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women’s sports. NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition’
9 months, 1 week ago

NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women’s sports. NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition’

Associated Press  

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The topic has become a hot-button issue among conservative groups and others who believe transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete on girls’ and women’s sports teams. Instead, they …

NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports
9 months, 1 week ago

NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

NPR  

NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women's sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The topic has nonetheless become a hot-button issue among conservative groups and …

Collegiate sports association restricts transgender women from competing in women’s sports
9 months, 1 week ago

Collegiate sports association restricts transgender women from competing in women’s sports

Politico  

“With the exception of competitive cheer and competitive dance, the NAIA created separate categories for male and female participants,” the association said in its policy. As a result, the NAIA policy for transgender student-athletes applies to all sports except for competitive cheer and competitive dance, which are open to all students.” The policy has already been met with swift criticism …

South Carolina women’s hoops coach Dawn Staley says transgender athletes should be allowed to play
9 months, 1 week ago

South Carolina women’s hoops coach Dawn Staley says transgender athletes should be allowed to play

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley said Saturday that she believes transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. But I know it’s an important issue for another time.” The topic has become a hot-button issue among conservative groups and others who believe transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete on girls’ and women’s …

Georgia senators again push conservative aims for schools
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia senators again push conservative aims for schools

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state’s public schools, passing a bill Tuesday that would ban transgender girls from playing high school sports with other girls, limit sex education and require a system for notifying parents of every item a child obtained in a school library. The measure would …

National debate over transgender athletes comes to New York City
9 months, 3 weeks ago

National debate over transgender athletes comes to New York City

Politico  

It passed by a vote of 8 to 3. “At New York City Public Schools, all students have the right to have their gender, gender identity, and gender expression recognized and respected,” DOE spokesperson Chyann Tull said in a statement. “In our schools, every student can participate in sports and competitive athletics in accordance with their gender identity, and we …

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors
11 months, 4 weeks ago

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Hindustan Times  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors was overwhelmingly approved Wednesday by the Republican-led South Carolina House. COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday debated proposed restrictions on health care for transgender youth, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. Democratic South Carolina Rep. Marvin Pendarvis said Republicans should stick …

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills
11 months, 4 weeks ago

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican-led South Carolina House overwhelmingly approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Wednesday, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. But Republican South Carolina Rep. John McCravy, a co-sponsor of the bill, said Wednesday that “unpublished evidence” shows puberty blockers increase self-harm and decried the banned treatments as irreversible. …

South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors
1 year ago

South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Pleas from transgender children’s pediatricians and parents to keep allowing such kids to receive hormone therapies failed to stop Republican lawmakers from advancing a ban on those treatments to the South Carolina House floor on Wednesday. The bill would bar health professionals from performing gender transition surgery, prescribing puberty-blocking drugs and overseeing hormone therapy for anyone under …

Ohio Senate clears ban on gender-affirming care for minors, transgender athletes in girls sports
1 year, 1 month ago

Ohio Senate clears ban on gender-affirming care for minors, transgender athletes in girls sports

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican-backed proposal that would drastically affect how LGBTQ youth in Ohio live their everyday lives cleared the state Senate on Wednesday, despite adamant opposition from parents, medical providers and education professionals who call it cruel and potentially life threatening. State senators, by a vote of 24-8, approved a multifaceted bill that would ban gender-affirming care for …

Florida fines high school for allowing transgender student to play girls volleyball
1 year, 1 month ago

Florida fines high school for allowing transgender student to play girls volleyball

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. The 2021 law, which supporters named “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” bars transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams …

Florida athletic officials punish transgender student-athlete and high school over participation on girls’ team
1 year, 1 month ago

Florida athletic officials punish transgender student-athlete and high school over participation on girls’ team

CNN  

CNN — A Florida high school has been placed on one-year administrative probation and fined $16,500 for allowing a transgender girl to play on the girls’ volleyball team, state athletic officials announced Tuesday. In a three-page letter to Monarch High School’s interim principal, the Florida High School Athletic Association accused the school of violating the state’s Fairness in Women’s Sports …

Florida principal reassigned during investigation into transgender student playing on girls’ volleyball team
1 year, 1 month ago

Florida principal reassigned during investigation into transgender student playing on girls’ volleyball team

CNN  

CNN — A Florida school district has temporarily removed a high school principal and other members of staff from their positions while it investigates allegations that a transgender student played on a girls’ volleyball team, education officials said. The fact that the student was allowed to play on a girls’ team is “unacceptable,” Florida Department of Education communications director Cailey …

North Carolina formally bans transgender girls in school sports and all youth gender-affirming care
1 year, 4 months ago

North Carolina formally bans transgender girls in school sports and all youth gender-affirming care

The Independent  

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More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
1 year, 5 months ago

More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams. “Everyone is going through that process.” She added: “For trans kids, it’s never been a walk in the park, but now they have this law to contend …

More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
1 year, 5 months ago

More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume

The Independent  

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Alaska board delays action on proposal to bar transgender girls from girls’ high school sports teams
1 year, 5 months ago

Alaska board delays action on proposal to bar transgender girls from girls’ high school sports teams

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The state board of education Wednesday delayed action on a proposal that would bar transgender girls from participating on high school girls’ athletic teams in Alaska, with several board members saying they wanted more time to consider the issue. Hughes, a Republican, told the board she wants “what’s best for all students, all athletes” — and said …

North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Wednesday a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. Before this year, North Carolina had largely refrained from passing LGBTQ+ regulations after its 2016 “bathroom bill” — …

Transgender sports ban heads to North Carolina governor’s desk
1 year, 6 months ago

Transgender sports ban heads to North Carolina governor’s desk

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender girls in North Carolina would no longer be allowed to play on the school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a proposal that received final legislative approval on Thursday. North Carolina, like many other Republican-led state legislatures, could soon push several other bills across the finish line that target trans youth, including a …

Ohio House passes bans on transgender student athletes and gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 6 months ago

Ohio House passes bans on transgender student athletes and gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Minors in Ohio would be prohibited from receiving gender-affirming care and transgender student-athletes would be banned from participating in girls’ and women’s sports under a multifaceted proposal that cleared the state’s Republican-dominated House on Wednesday. These aren’t the first attempts at such proposals by Ohio’s Legislature — a gender-affirming care ban, which “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider testified …

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender rights took center stage Tuesday in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly advanced legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports. Hours after the House Health Committee advanced a bill banning state facilities from treating trans minors with hormones and gender-affirming surgeries, the Senate voted 31-17 to ban trans girls from playing …

Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature
1 year, 7 months ago

Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill banning transgender girls from playing on the middle school, high school and college sports teams that align with their gender identity is approaching the finish line in North Carolina as GOP-controlled state legislatures nationwide round out a record year of legislation targeting transgender residents. “This is only telling everyone that women’s sports is for women.” …

Alabama expands ban on trans athletes to include college teams
1 year, 7 months ago

Alabama expands ban on trans athletes to include college teams

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed legislation that will ban transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college, becoming the latest state to place restrictions on transgender athletes. The legislation expands the state’s existing 2021 ban on transgender athletes on K-12 sports teams to include college teams. From dictating what bathrooms we can use …

Ohio House advances transgender student-athlete ban for girls’ and women’s sports
1 year, 8 months ago

Ohio House advances transgender student-athlete ban for girls’ and women’s sports

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A ban on transgender student-athletes playing on girls and women’s sports teams in Ohio cleared a House education panel along partisan lines Wednesday, the latest attempt at such a measure first introduced by Republican lawmakers in 2021. The proposal would require K-12 schools as well as universities to designate “separate teams” for male and female sexes, but …

States add laws on pronouns, sports for transgender students
1 year, 8 months ago

States add laws on pronouns, sports for transgender students

The Independent  

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Alabama Senate OKs ban on trans athletes at a college level
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama Senate OKs ban on trans athletes at a college level

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama could soon join other states that ban transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college, under legislation nearing final approval in the state. State senators voted 26-4 on Wednesday for the House-passed legislation that extends a 2021 ban on transgender athletes on K-12 sports teams to also include college teams. And, they know that …

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