Articles tagged as: transgender athletes
February 18, 2025
Collegiate transgender sports ban passes House, splits party votes both for and against
Indiana House lawmakers passed a measure to ban transgender women from competing in collegiate sports Tuesday. The bill seeks to codify a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2025
Committee passes collegiate transgender sports ban following Trump, NCAA changes
House Bill 1041 bans Indiana public and private higher education institutions from allowing transgender women to compete in sports.
Read MoreApril 26, 2024
LGBTQ+ advocacy group hosts 'Day of Play' as NCAA board reviews transgender athlete policy
An advocacy group of LGBTQ+ athletes and allies gathered outside the NCAA's Inclusion Forum for a "Day of Play" to rally support for transgender athletes.
Read MoreApril 23, 2024
Hundreds of athletes sign letter calling on NCAA to protect transgender athletes
The open letter said failure to protect transgender athletes goes against the very principles of the NCAAs Constitution. It was signed by more than 400 current and former NCAA, professional, Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2023
Indiana transgender girls school sports ban to take effect after lawsuit dismissed
Indiana's ban on transgender girls from girls school sports can now take effect after a lawsuit against it was dismissed. The 10-year-old girl represented in the case by the ACLU of Indiana moved to a charter school.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2023
Court challenge to Indiana trans sports ban has been dropped
A lawsuit challenging an Indiana law that prohibits transgender students from competing in girls school sports was dropped Wednesday just weeks before it was to be heard by a federal appeals court.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2022
AG Todd Rokita wants court to lift injunction allowing transgender girl to play softball
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed an appeal in federal court this week to reverse a preliminary injunction that allowed an Indianapolis 10-year-old transgender girl play softball on her school team.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2022
Federal judge: transgender girl can remain on Indianapolis school softball team
A 10-year-old transgender girl's lawsuit to allow her to keep playing softball in an Indianapolis school district has won a preliminary injunction from a federal court. But the scope of the injunction issued Tuesday is up for debate.
Read MoreMay 25, 2022
Holcomb says he didn't try to stop veto override vote, calls the effort 'fruitless'
Gov. Eric Holcomb said Tuesday's vote to overturn his veto of a ban on transgender girls from girls school sports doesn't solve a real problem in Indiana.
Read MoreMay 24, 2022
Indiana lawmakers overturn governor’s veto of transgender girls school sports ban
Lawmakers voted Tuesday to override the governor's veto of a bill to ban transgender girls from girls school sports. The ACLU of Indiana has already filed a lawsuit against the bill.
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