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News Articles: transgender athletes

Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a press conference.

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Kemp signs bills on transgender athletes, school safety and other education issues

Transgender students born male can no longer participate on female teams in Georgia’s schools and colleges now that Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a ban passed by the General Assembly.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Ty Tagami
Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke at the Justice Department on Wednesday to announce that the administration is suing Maine for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports. She was accompanied by (from left) Riley Gaines, Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Maine, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

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Trump administration says it is suing Maine over transgender athletes in girls' sports

The DOJ says Maine is violating Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. Gov. Janet Mills has promised to "vigorously defend" the state.

April 16, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
 Lawmakers celebrate Sine Die by ripping up and tossing sheets of paper like confetti. 2024 file photo. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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End in sight, Legislature could pass trans care limits, immigration crackdown and election overhaul

The final day for this year’s session is April 4. Here are some major pieces of legislation to watch out for as the Gold Dome’s final countdown begins.

March 31, 2025
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
A person waves a transgender pride flag during the People's March and rally to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., United States, on Jan. 18.

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Trump's anti-trans effort is an agenda cornerstone with echoes in history

Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.

February 06, 2025
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  • Odette Yousef
Girl soccer team playing. (Pexels)

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State Senate forms committee to protect women’s sports

A newly formed state Senate committee will look to ensure that female athletes have the right to participate on an even basis with their males counterparts.

August 02, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
"Our nation's educational institutions should be places where we not only accept differences, but celebrate them," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, seen in the East Room of the White House in August 2023, said of the new Title IX regulation.

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Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

The new rules also broaden the interpretation of Title IX to cover pregnant, gay and transgender students. They do not address whether schools can ban trans athletes from women's and girls' teams.

April 19, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax wears the championship banner after the NAIA men's national championship college basketball game against Langston, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.

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NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.

April 08, 2024
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