Virginia athletics organization plans no changes to its policy for trans athletes
1 year, 4 months ago

Virginia athletics organization plans no changes to its policy for trans athletes

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The athletics sanctioning organization that oversees most high school sports in Virginia told schools this week it has no immediate plans to change its regulations governing the participation of transgender athletes despite Republican Gov. The Youngkin administration’s model policies say student participation in athletics should be determined by biological sex, rather than gender or gender identity, with “reasonable modifications” offered only to the extent required by law. But the Virginia High School League’s executive director, John “Billy” Haun, told school leaders Monday he recommended the league’s existing policies, which allow transgender athletes to participate on teams that match their gender identity under certain conditions, not be changed. “The Virginia Department of Education has fulfilled its responsibility to develop the model polices, school boards are expected to follow the law,” Youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter said in a statement Wednesday. She did not directly address a question about whether the administration viewed the VHSL’s guidance as being in conflict with the policies but said that under the 2020 law, the VHSL “does not have a role.” The development of the new model policies in politically divided Virginia comes as many other GOP-led states move to restrict transgender students’ participation in school athletics.

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Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban
4 months ago

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban

The Independent  

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New Hampshire Gov. Sununu signs bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports
5 months ago

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu signs bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has signed a bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity, adding the state to nearly half in the nation that adopted similar measures. The bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature would require schools to designate all teams as either girls, …

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students
7 months, 3 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 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 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 …

NCAA Committee on Infractions member resigns over association’s transgender athlete policy
10 months, 1 week ago

NCAA Committee on Infractions member resigns over association’s transgender athlete policy

Associated Press  

A member of the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions, a voluntary group that prescribes penalties to member schools that break association rules, has resigned over NCAA policies regarding the participation of transgender athletes. William Bock, the former general counsel of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, told The Associated Press on Friday that NCAA policies permitting transgender athletes to compete against women are …

Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students
10 months, 1 week ago

Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Education on Thursday, asking the courts to throw out Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s policies on the treatment of transgender students and rule that school districts are not required to follow them. Youngkin’s policies roll back many accommodations for transgender students urged by the previous Democratic …

Court revives lawsuit over Connecticut rule allowing trans girls to compete in school sports
1 year ago

Court revives lawsuit over Connecticut rule allowing trans girls to compete in school sports

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Opponents of Connecticut’s policy letting transgender girls compete in girls high school sports will get a second chance to challenge it in court, an appeals court ruled Friday, which revived the case without weighing in on its merits. The American Civil Liberties Union said it welcomes a chance to defend the rights of the two transgender high …

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

Parents who want Youngkin’s transgender policies enacted sue the Virginia Beach school board
1 year, 3 months ago

Parents who want Youngkin’s transgender policies enacted sue the Virginia Beach school board

Associated Press  

Two Virginia Beach parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to force their local school system to adopt Republican Virginia Gov. The lawsuit, filed on the parents’ behalf by the conservative-leaning Cooper and Kirk law firm, alleges that local school boards must adopt the Youngkin administration’s initiatives, which roll back many accommodations for transgender students urged by the previous Democratic administration. …

Virginia school boards must adhere to Gov. Youngkin’s new policies on transgender students, AG says
1 year, 4 months ago

Virginia school boards must adhere to Gov. Youngkin’s new policies on transgender students, AG says

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new model policies for the treatment of transgender students are in line with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and school boards must follow their guidance, the state’s attorney general said in a nonbinding legal analysis released Thursday. Pressed Wednesday on the issue when speaking with reporters, Youngkin responded: “Just stand by.” He …

More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
1 year, 4 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, 4 months ago

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

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Alaska board delays action on proposal to bar transgender girls from girls’ high school sports teams
1 year, 4 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 …

Virginia finalizes guidance on transgender students, including rolling back some accommodations
1 year, 5 months ago

Virginia finalizes guidance on transgender students, including rolling back some accommodations

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration said Tuesday that it has finalized new policies on the treatment of transgender students, guidance that will direct school districts to roll back some current accommodations and increase parental notification requirements about certain discussions involving gender identity. The finalized version adds an “opt out” option for parents to request that their children …

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 advances transgender student-athlete ban for girls’ and women’s sports
1 year, 7 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 …

Kansas sets trans athlete rule; gender-affirming care saved
1 year, 7 months ago

Kansas sets trans athlete rule; gender-affirming care saved

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas board decided Wednesday that high schools and middle schools must see transgender athletes’ first birth certificates to decide what teams they can join, while an effort in the Legislature to end gender-affirming care for transgender minors failed. The Kansas State High School Activities Association’s executive board took a key step in helping the state enforce …

House passes bill banning trans athlete from girls’ and women’s teams
1 year, 8 months ago

House passes bill banning trans athlete from girls’ and women’s teams

LA Times  

Rep. Elise Stefanik, backed by other GOP women House members, speaks in support of a ban on transgender females competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams on Thursday at the Capitol. The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete …

Biden sports plan angers transgender advocates, opponents
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden sports plan angers transgender advocates, opponents

Associated Press  

A Biden administration proposal to forbid outright bans on transgender athletes sparked outrage from conservative leaders while also angering trans rights activists who note schools could still prevent some athletes from participating on teams that align with their gender identity. Imara Jones, a trans woman who created “The Anti-Trans Hate Machine” podcast, blasted the proposal, saying President Joe Biden is …

Is the Biden Administration Really Turning Against Transgender Students?
1 year, 8 months ago

Is the Biden Administration Really Turning Against Transgender Students?

Slate  

When Joe Biden’s Department of Education unveiled a proposed rule on Thursday regulating transgender students’ participation in school sports under Title IX, the announcement prompted two wildly different articles in the nation’s leading newspapers. The proposed test would, in effect, balance transgender students’ interest in playing sports against cisgender students’ interest in “fairness in competition” and avoiding injury. GLAD, a …

School that refused to play team with trans player barred
1 year, 9 months ago

School that refused to play team with trans player barred

Associated Press  

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont religious school that withdrew its girls’ basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team won’t be able to participate in future tournaments, the Vermont Principals’ Association announced Monday. Mid Vermont Christian School, in White River Junction, Vermont, forfeited the Feb. 21 game, saying that it believed that …

Girls high school basketball team forfeits tournament rather than play against transgender player
1 year, 9 months ago

Girls high school basketball team forfeits tournament rather than play against transgender player

CNN  

CNN — A Vermont girls high school basketball team forfeited an out of state tournament after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player. Mid Vermont Christian School was set to play Long Trail School on February 21, but MVCS forfeited the game due to a transgender player on Long Trail’s roster, according to the head of …

West Virginia transgender sports ban halted during appeal
1 year, 10 months ago

West Virginia transgender sports ban halted during appeal

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Transgender athletes in West Virginia can compete in female school sports while an appeal is heard on a state law banning their participation, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday. The ACLU and its West Virginia chapter filed suit on behalf of an 11-year-old transgender girl who hoped to compete in middle school cross-country in Harrison County. …

West Virginia can keep transgender sports ban, judge says
1 year, 11 months ago

West Virginia can keep transgender sports ban, judge says

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports is constitutional and can remain in place, a federal judge ruled Thursday. “But one’s sex is also natural, and it dictates physical characteristics that are relevant to athletics.” The American Civil Liberties Union and its West Virginia chapter filed the lawsuit in 2021 on behalf of …

Ohio education bill, transgender athlete ban die in House
2 years ago

Ohio education bill, transgender athlete ban die in House

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The latest proposal to give Ohio’s governor more power overseeing K-12 education cleared the state Senate with a ban on transgender student-athletes in girls sports — but hit a roadblock hours later when the legislation fell several votes short of passage in the House early Thursday. That part of the legislation says no school or athletic conference …

Virginia students protest Youngkin transgender policies
2 years, 2 months ago

Virginia students protest Youngkin transgender policies

Associated Press  

McLEAN, Va. — Student activists held school walkouts across Virginia on Tuesday to protest Republican Gov. The new ones made public earlier this month, she said, have the potential to harm “every single queer student in the state of Virginia.” Defenders of the Youngkin model policies, some of whom weighed in through an online public comment period that opened Monday, …

Virginia governor seeks new transgender student policies
2 years, 3 months ago

Virginia governor seeks new transgender student policies

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements. Those guidelines said schools should let students use names and gender pronouns that reflect their gender identity without “any substantiating evidence.” They also said students …

Title IX’s next battle: The rights of transgender athletes
2 years, 6 months ago

Title IX’s next battle: The rights of transgender athletes

Associated Press  

When the gender equity legislation known as Title IX became law in 1972, the politics of transgender sports was not even a blip in the national conversation. “We’re at a time where Title IX is going to be exploited and celebrated,” said Donna de Varona, the Olympic champion swimmer who heads the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group, which seeks a …

Bill against trans girls in girls’ sports passes state House
2 years, 8 months ago

Bill against trans girls in girls’ sports passes state House

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House voted Tuesday after a tense debate to approve a bill that would prohibit transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports. She said allowing transgender girls in girls’ sports gives them an “immense unfair advantage” and takes away spots on teams from other girls. “Thomas’s case shows us how only one biological male competing …

NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes
2 years, 11 months ago

NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Under the new guidelines, approved by the NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday, transgender participation for each sport will be determined by the policy for the sport’s national governing body, subject to review and recommendation by …

West Virginia transgender athlete law challenged in court
3 years, 6 months ago

West Virginia transgender athlete law challenged in court

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday challenging West Virginia’s new ban on transgender athletes from competing in female sports in middle and high schools and colleges. The American Civil Liberties Union and its West Virginia chapter filed the lawsuit on behalf of an 11-year-old transgender girl who had hoped to compete in cross country in middle school …

Column: Hurting transgender kids to shore up the Republican base
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: Hurting transgender kids to shore up the Republican base

LA Times  

“There is no study to my knowledge that says doing yoga exercise converts people to Hinduism” — Rep. Jeremy Gray I imagine when Rep. Jeremy Gray sought the opportunity to represent the 83rd District in the great state of Alabama, he did not think he would need to convince people that yoga wasn’t some sort of Hindu gateway drug. Meanwhile, …

No big backlash for states passing anti-transgender laws
3 years, 7 months ago

No big backlash for states passing anti-transgender laws

Associated Press  

Five states have passed laws or implemented executive orders this year limiting the ability of transgender youths to play sports or receive certain medical treatment. It’s just a matter of time.” The president of a major national LGBTQ-rights organizations, Alphonso David of the Human Rights Campaign, attributed the lack of backlash to lack of awareness about the potential harm that …

The NCAA says it supports transgender athletes right to compete in college sports
3 years, 8 months ago

The NCAA says it supports transgender athletes right to compete in college sports

CNN  

CNN — The NCAA says it “firmly and unequivocally supports” transgender athletes having the opportunity to participate in college sports as a growing number of states have moved to block them from competing. “Inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student-athletes, including transgender athletes, at all levels of sport,” the NCAA’s Board of Governors said Monday in a statement. The …

West Virginia transgender athlete bill heads to governor
3 years, 8 months ago

West Virginia transgender athlete bill heads to governor

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Transgender athletes in West Virginia would be banned from competing in female sports in middle and high schools and colleges under a bill that won approval from the legislature Friday. Amy Summers, the Republican majority leader, admitted before lawmakers voted that the “NCAA could retaliate and not host a tournament here.” Last month hundreds of college athletes …

South Dakota gov pushes changes to transgender sports ban
3 years, 9 months ago

South Dakota gov pushes changes to transgender sports ban

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday suggested language changes in a bill to ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ or women’s sports leagues to limit the ban to high school and elementary schools, excluding college sports from the proposal. The governor continued to defend the bill, saying, “I believe that boys should play boys’ …

Noem weighing girls’ transgender sports ban amid protests
3 years, 9 months ago

Noem weighing girls’ transgender sports ban amid protests

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday said she is still weighing whether to sign a bill that would ban transgender girls and women from female sports leagues, as transgender advocates rallied at the Capitol and college athletes pressured the NCAA to punish states that pass such laws. While Noem argued the bill is about “protecting women’s sports,” and …

Athletes appeal to NCAA in protest of anti-transgender laws
3 years, 9 months ago

Athletes appeal to NCAA in protest of anti-transgender laws

Associated Press  

More than 500 college athletes have signed a letter to the NCAA Board of Governors asking the organization to refuse to schedule championships in states that have banned transgender participation in sports. “We call upon you to ensure that the NCAA lives up to the guidelines and standards that they claim to uphold by making a firm statement that you …

South Carolina superintendent against trans sports ban bill
3 years, 9 months ago

South Carolina superintendent against trans sports ban bill

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s education superintendent made a surprise appearance at a hearing Wednesday to ask House members not to pass a bill that would prevent transgender students from playing on girls sports teams in middle and high school. I know how important athletics is to what we are trying to do in our public schools,” said Spearman, who …

Lawmakers can’t cite local examples of trans girls in sports
3 years, 9 months ago

Lawmakers can’t cite local examples of trans girls in sports

Associated Press  

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools. Otherwise, she said during a recent hearing, “the next generation of female athletes in South Carolina may not have a chance to excel.” In Tennessee, House Speaker Cameron Sexton conceded there may not actually …

Biden administration withdraws from transgender athlete case
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden administration withdraws from transgender athlete case

Associated Press  

The Biden administration has withdrawn government support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ high school sports. The Trump administration’s intervention in the case last year came as state legislatures around the country debated restricting transgender athletes’ participation to their gender assigned at birth. Last March, then-Attorney General William Barr signed …

Critics: Kansas bill on trans athletes will cause bullying
3 years, 10 months ago

Critics: Kansas bill on trans athletes will cause bullying

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — LGBTQ-rights advocates warned Kansas legislators Tuesday that their discussion of a proposed ban on transgender students in girls’ and women’s school sports would lead to bullying, and one group promised to sue the state if such a law is enacted. Critics told the Senate committee that merely holding a hearing would tell transgender students that they’re not …

Republican Legislatures Are Trying To Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports
3 years, 10 months ago

Republican Legislatures Are Trying To Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports

Huff Post  

Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: JohnnyGreig/Getty Images Republican state legislatures in more than a dozen states are advancing bills that would bar transgender women and girls from participating in women’s and girls sports at the youth, high school and collegiate levels. The conservative push follows the first-in-the-nation passage of a law barring trans athletes from girls and women’s sports in Idaho last …

Governor: Transgender athletes will ‘destroy women’s sports’
3 years, 10 months ago

Governor: Transgender athletes will ‘destroy women’s sports’

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday that transgender girls should be banned from playing on middle and high school sports teams or they will “destroy women’s sports.” “I do believe that transgenders participating in women’s sports will destroy women’s sports,” Lee, who is up for reelection next year, told reporters. I think it’s bad for women …

Tennessee Republicans advance ban on transgender athletes
3 years, 10 months ago

Tennessee Republicans advance ban on transgender athletes

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would prohibit transgender girls from playing on middle and high school sports teams as opponents warned the proposal will almost certainly face costly legal challenges if it’s signed into law. However, Republican House members expressed enthusiastic support for the proposal during Tuesday’s initial hearing — making Tennessee among the dozen …

Lawmakers push schools to consider transgender sports policy
4 years, 3 months ago

Lawmakers push schools to consider transgender sports policy

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Republican lawmakers pushed the state’s high school activities association Wednesday to reconsider its policy of allowing transgender students to compete as the gender with which they identify. Dan Swartos, the executive director of the South Dakota High School Activities Association, said the association would like to see the outcome of that lawsuit before reconsidering its policy. But …

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