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New Project B league to follow Olympic gender policyThe new women's basketball league Project B said it will follow Olympic guidelines regarding gender eligibility, thereby banning transgender women from competing.,As a global league, Project B told Front Office Sports it makes sense to follow International Olympic Committee and FIBA policies to prov...

WNBPA: 'We will not be pawns' in political conversationAs discussion surrounding transgender athletes and whether they should be allowed to compete in women's sports continues to run rampant, the WNBA Player's Association put out a statement which made its stance on the matter known.,"The WNBPA represents 200+ individual people with different lived expe...

Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete banThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws banning transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams.,The conservative-majority court ruled that such bans in West Virginia and Idaho do not violate the Constitution or Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discriminatio...

IOC announces ban of transgender women athletes

The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender women from competing at the Olympics, starting with the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.,"Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biologi...

IOC: Sports leaders reach consensus on new gender policy

MILAN -- Global sports leaders have reached consensus on a new set of eligibility criteria for transgender athletes, with the new policy expected to be announced within the first half of this year, the International Olympic Committee said Saturday.,It would be the first uniform policy adopted by the...

DOJ sues California over trans athlete participation

The Department of Justice followed through on a threat to sue the California public school system, taking legal action on Wednesday in a case involving a transgender high school athlete.,The filing in the Central District of California targets a pair of defendants, the California Department of Educa...

DOJ: California could be sued over participation of trans athletes

California's public school system could face legal issues if it continues to permit transgender athletes to take part in girls' athletic competitions.,The Athletic reported Tuesday that Harmeet K. Dhillon, an assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, said in a ...

N.H. athletes sue to block Trump's ban on trans athletes

One week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, two high schoolers are attempting to block the move.,A lawsuit filed by two students last August challenging New Hampshire's exclusion of transgender athletes from girls...