ESPN: NAIA essentially bans transgender athletes from women's sports

[ttowncoug]

"all athletes may participate in NAIA-sponsored male sports but only athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth is female."

NAIA bans trans athletes from women's sports

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced a policy that essentially bans transgender athletes from women's sports.

www.espn.com

 

[Loyal Coug1]

"all athletes may participate in NAIA-sponsored male sports but only athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth is female."

NAIA bans trans athletes from women's sports

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced a policy that essentially bans transgender athletes from women's sports.

www.espn.com

As I linked 3 1/2 hours ago in the other thread which I had hoped would be a thread-ender. It wasn't.

 

[Observer11]

The NAIA didn’t ban transgenders.

They just clarified where they will be competing.

 

[Loyal Coug1]

The NAIA didn’t ban transgenders.

They just clarified where they will be competing.

That is exactly not what they said at all. Male athletes, as determined at birth, cannot compete in NAIA women's sports. Period.

 

[kougkurt]

Let’s just get rid of gender based competition. Everyone competes against everyone. Regardless of what your chromosomes say you are.