California lawmakers reject bills to ban trans athletes’ participation in girls sports
- California lawmakers heard two proposals on Tuesday to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports.
- Republican Assemblymembers Kate Sanchez and Bill Essayli authored the bills to restrict transgender athletes' participation.
- AB 89 would ban athletes assigned male at birth from girls' sports, while AB 844 would reverse the state's current inclusive policy.
- Linda McMahon warned Newsom that California risks losing federal funds for allowing transgender athletes in female sports.
- The hearing highlighted debates about fairness, safety, and civil rights, with uncertain enforcement mechanisms for the proposed bans.
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UC Davis Asked San Jose State About Best Way To Bring Trans Athlete Onto Team
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Washington school sports authority will not change policy on transgender student athletes
Transgender female athletes will continue to play on girls teams in Washington school sports despite some school boards’ efforts to switch them to boys teams or create a league of their own.


NIAA excludes transgender athletes, conflicting with California schools
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – On Tuesday, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s (NIAA) Board of Control quietly made a decision to only allow women athletes to compete if they provide a birth certificate and a physician to check off a box saying the athlete is “medically eligible for women’s sports.” It’s a move that targets transgender athletes and contradicts the policies of South Tahoe High School, North Tahoe High School, and Truck…
Tommy Tuberville says 'entire men’s teams across the country' are 'turning trans'
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) warned that "entire men's teams across the country" were "turning trans" after Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have banned transgender athletes in women's sports.Tuberville reacted to his bill being shot down during a Sunday interview on Fox News."Well, it's t...
California Lawmakers Reject Bills To Ban Males From Female Sports
California Lawmakers Reject Bills To Ban Males From Female Sports Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, California state lawmakers have rejected a change to state policies that would have required male student athletes identifying as transgender to compete on sports teams consistent with their sex. On April 1, Democratic lawmakers on the state Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism rejected two bills introduce…
California Democrats Defy Federal Law, Reject Bills To Protect Girls Sports
By Moira Gleason, The Daily Signal | April 03, 2025 California Democrat lawmakers killed two bills meant to protect girls sports Tuesday despite pressure on Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom to limit girls and women’s sports in the state to biological females. Just this week, the state of Maine lost education funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violating federal law and President Donald Trump’s executive orders by continuing to allow …
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