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Transgender Law: Sports

Executive Order

Keeping Men out of Women's Sports
Whitehouse.gov 2/5/25

Policies

OHSAA Transgender Student Policy
Ohio High School Athletic Association

Ohio Laws

HB 68 (2023)
"Save Women's Sports Act" and "Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act (SAFE Act)" are now together and passed.

Links

Amid protests, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first known transgender athlete to win Division I national championship
Espn 3/17/22
BANS ON TRANSGENDER YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS
Movement Advancement Project, tracks legislation in the 50 states, last visited 12/10/24
ducation Dept. urges NCAA to reverse transgender athletes' records, titles and awards
NBC News 2/11/25
FINA votes to restrict transgender women from elite swimming competition
ESPN 6/19/22
IOC Framework for Fairness, Inclusion and Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity
12/22
Louisiana lawmakers fail to override Governor's veto on transgender sports ban
The Hill 7/21/21
NAIA Bans Transgender Women Athletes Ahead of New Title IX Regulations
USNews.com 4/9/24
NCAA Participation Policy for Transgender Student-Athletes
Effective immediately as of February 6, 2025
South Carolina becomes the latest state to enact a transgender sports ban
NPR 5/17/22
South Dakota bans transgender athletes in high school sports
2/4/22
Texas House votes to keep transgender girls out of female sports
Reuters 10/14/21
Transathlete.com
Policies of many athletic organizations, including the US and international Olympic committees
Transgender athlete calls FINA’s latest policy on trans swimmers ‘unscientific
The Hill 6/21/22
Transgender girls and women now barred from female sports in Iowa
NPR 3/3/22

Cases

BPJ v. W. Va. State Bd of Educ. (4th Cir. Ct. of Appeals 2024)
W. Va.'s ban against transgender athlete's violated the plaintiff's Title IX rights.

Semanya v. Switzerland
Discrimination against intersex athlete who was not afforded sufficient procedural safeguards when challenging World Athletics regulations.

Semenya case referred to European rights court's grand chamber
Reuters, 11/6/23
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women’s races
AP News 6/12/24 The Court of Arbitration for Sport said no to her case.