Quick Answer If you're wondering how transgender athlete policies currently work in U.S. high schools, here are the key numbers: 29 states currently have statewide bans on transgender students participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity (27 through legislation and 2 through regulations or agency policy). 29 states prohibit transgender girls from participating on girls' teams. 21 states plus Washington, D.C. have no statewide ban on transgender student

This week we joined forces with interACT to publish an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times about the harms of the new International Olympic Committee policy on gender eligibility. Read it here: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-04-27/olympics-women-genetic-testing Here's a high-level overview from the LA Times page (without putting it all here, which is against the rules!) Perspectives The following AI-generated content is powered by Perplexity. The Los Angeles Times edi

In 2022, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (now called Sport Integrity Canada) published "Transgender Women Athletes and Elite Sport: A Scientific Review," an in-depth review of scientific literature on transgender athlete participation in competitive sport. Today, it was discovered that this report has been removed or blocked from their site; all materials are under the " Resources " section of this site. The CCES report reviewed published literature from 2011 to 2021

Sport has always claimed to be about fairness.... But when you look closely at the history of sex testing in women’s sports, a different pattern emerges: one rooted not in fairness, but in fear, control, and a persistent discomfort with women who don’t fit narrow expectations of what a female athlete “should” look like. Today, as governing bodies move back toward sex verification policies, it’s critical to understand this history, not as a relic of the past, but as a warning