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Daily Signal.Monarch High School is allowed to appeal the decision within ten days. Officials with Broward County Public Schools said in a statement that its “investigation into the matter remains ongoing at this time.”The punishment handed down against Monarch is the first instance of a school being penalized for violating the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” primarily aimed at preventing transgender female athletes from competing on women’s sports teams.The law allows “biological females” to compete on “athletic teams or sports designated for males, men, or boys,” as well as in sports that are designated as “co-ed.”“Thanks to [Republican Governor Ron DeSantis], Florida passed legislation to protect girls’ sports, and we will not tolerate any school that violates this law,” Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.

letter demanding that the NCAA ban transgender female athletes from competing in women’s sports.The letter’s signatories are Governors Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Mike Parson of Missouri, Greg Gianforte of Montana, Joe Lombardo of Nevada, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.All except Lombardo — who is saddled with a Democratic-led state legislature — represent states that have passed laws banning transgender participation on female-designated sports teams.The governors decry the NCAA’s current policy on transgender athletes, which allows the individual national governing body of each sport to determine criteria for eligibility.Some of those sporting bodies, including track and field and swimming, have barred transgender competitors from female events.Both bodies have also suggested holding a third “open” category in which transgender swimmers could compete at the elite or post-collegiate levels.“The NCAA has the chance to guarantee an environment where female college athletes can thrive without the concern of inequities,” the letter reads. “We trust that you also want to guarantee just such an environment.

issued the injunction last month to block the state from enforcing its prohibitions on transgender females who seek to compete on female-designated sports teams while a lawsuit challenging those restrictions moves forward.Under the law, known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, transgender females are prohibited from competing on sex-segregated sports teams that align with their gender identity, and cisgender students who believe they lost out on athletic opportunities due to the presence of a transgender athlete can sue for damages.The law also allows for female athletes — both transgender and cisgender, particularly if a cisgender athlete does not conform to traditional stereotypes of femininity — to be subjected to genetic testing to “prove” their gender identity matches assigned sex at birth.But Zipps found that the law is “overly broad” and may be unconstitutional, violating not only female athletes’ right to equal protection, but Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination based on sex in educational settings. As such, allowing the policy to be enforced before a final decision on the law’s constitutionality was reached would “irreparably harm” the transgender plaintiffs.Zipps also found that there was not sufficient evidence to prove that pre-pubertal athletes assigned male at birth hold a significant physiological or competitive advantage over cisgender females, as they have not yet developed secondary sex characteristics.

There are only about 100 trans women athletes competing in the U.S., but trans women and girls in sports is one of the hottest topics in the country. GOP presidential candidates are discussing it, GOP state legislatures are passing laws over it and on June 24, disgraced former world-class cyclist Lance Armstrong, added his commentary to the “debate.”

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Monday led a group of 21 other Republican senators in calling for Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to withdraw the administration’s proposed rule change that would prohibit blanket bans of transgender student athletes.

When wrestler Mack Beggs stepped onto the mat to compete during his days as a high schooler in Texas, he not only faced the opponent in front of him, but often a raft of adversaries in the stands. They booed him and hurled invectives.

Hillbilly Elegy, and Josh Mandel, the former Ohio state treasurer and two-time U.S. Senate candidate who is back for his third run,  blames Democrats and President Biden for NCAA rules that allow transgender females to compete on women’s sports teams in her most recent campaign commercial, reports The Hill..Given Vance and Mandel’s previous appeals to social conservatives by attacking the transgender and two-spirit communities, Timken, the third of three frontrunners in the GOP field — who heretofore was viewed as the more “establishment” figure — is hoping the ad gains traction and allows her to consolidate Republican primary voters behind her campaign.Thomas, who previously competed for UPenn’s men’s swimming team during her first three years in college, has particularly become a favorite target of conservatives, who balk at the idea that she was allowed to compete in women’s swimming after having received hormone therapy for two-and-a-half years (under NCAA rules, trans women are able to compete after finishing a year of hormone therapy).

press conference on Thursday evening. “It’s about allowing biological females in their sex to compete fairly in a level playing field that gives them opportunities for success.”The bill is set to take effect July 1 but could face potential legal challenges from LGBTQ advocates. Since 2020, nine states have passed nearly identical legislation restricting transgender students’ ability to participate in sports, although some of those laws have since been challenged in court.

In the wake of the NCAA changing its policies regarding transgender athletes and state legislatures advancing new legislation against trans inclusion in school sports, LGBTQ advocates continue the fight to ensure athletes can compete consistent with their gender identity, although they may be losing the battle.

Caitlyn Jenner thinks there’s a problem with trans athletes in sports.

Idaho’s transphobic 2020 bill banning trans women student athletes from competing in female sports. So naturally the conversation concerned that specific issue, which is currently being stoked primarily by right wing groups, of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the sports division corresponding to their gender identity.

Idaho’s transphobic 2020 bill banning trans women student athletes from competing in female sports. So naturally the conversation concerned the issue, which is currently being stoked by primarily right wing groups, of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the sports division corresponding to their gender identity.

Houston Chronicle.Lawmakers could also bring up a ban in the fall, when the legislature is already scheduled to meet to carry out the decennial redistricting process — even though the ban would have no relation to redistricting.

After announcing her run for governor of California, reality TV star and trans activist Caitlyn Jenner is opening up about a controversial topic. While it is known that the former KUWTK star has little support from the trans community, she seems to have lost the remaining support with her new comment.

It’s no secret that Caitlyn Jenner doesn’t have many fans in the trans community and she likely just lost the support of anyone who was still on her side.

The Advocate, a Baton Rouge-based newspaper. Edwards warned that any legislation seen as attacking the LGBTQ community could potentially bring an “adverse impact to the state,” such as the economic backlash experienced by North Carolina in 2016 when lawmakers there passed a bill restricting which public restroom facilities transgender people could use.New Orleans is currently scheduled to host the NCAA’s Final Four basketball tournament in 2022, and some opponents — including Edwards — worry the

first executive order states that “only females, based on their biological sex, as reflected on their birth certificate or affidavit provided upon initial enrollment” may compete in sports designated for girls at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and directs the state’s Department of Education to develop a policy consistent with Noem’s order. The second order states that “only females, based on their biological sex, as reflected on their birth certificate issued at the time of

letter calling on the NCAA, the governing body in college sports, to stop hosting athletic championships in states that prevent transgender athletes from competing in sports based on their gender identity.In the letter, addressed to NCAA President Mark Emmert, the students condemn proposed bills in at least 25 states that seek to restrict transgender athletes from competing based on their gender identity.

See also: Donald Trump says women’s sports will “die” if transgender athletes are allowed to competeIn the end, the Senate rejected many of the more than two dozen amendments to the bill, which passed on party lines, 50-49.

Business Insider.“Young girls and women are incensed that they are now being forced to compete against those who are biological males,” he added. “It’s not good for women.

Right-wing sources earned nearly half-a-million Facebook interactions in under two days on posts berating the White House for affirming that “trans rights are human rights”

The issue of transgender athletes has come to the forefront of the culture wars again, as it does whenever the right needs a wedge issue. In this case, it is because president Biden signed an executive order affirming that the Administration will comply with the rulings in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris, and treat discrimination against LGBT people as a form or sex discrimination.

recent executive order prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination.The executive order, issued on the first day of Biden’s presidency, seeks to ensure that the federal government complies with a recent Supreme Court decision finding that instances of anti-LGBTQ employment discrimination are simply iterations of sex-based discrimination, and thus, illegal under federal law. Contrary to what has been reported in right-wing and even so-called “mainstream” media outlets, Biden’s order is not intended to

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